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Hat tip to Devesh Agarwal for finding and posting on his Bangalore Aviation blog this advertisement from British Airways that was created in support of the 2012 London Olympic games. In addition, the second video explains the idea behind the advertisement:
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Both the FlightGlobal blog and the BBC have recently noted British Airways’ "Firefly," the Airbus A319 that flew the Olympic flame from Athens to London. Apparently, the special livery took 9 days of work along with 250 litres of gold, white and yellow paint while the name “Firefly” was chosen in a UK student wide competition. The Olympic Flame itself was strapped into Business Class seats 1A and 1B for the flight (remember that if you ever end up flying business class on the Firefly!).
To follow the progress of the Olympic flame around the UK, click here.
Picture: British Airways
Picture: British Airways
Hat tip to David Cenciotti for reposting this image published on May 2 by the Daily Telegraph that was taken during Exercise Olympic Guardian. The viewing area appears to be located somewhere around RAF Northolt airport in west London (anyone from the area please feel free to tell us the exact spot…) and will no doubt be a great spot for plane spotters during the Olympics.
RAF Typhoons will be up in full force to enforce the No-Fly Zone above and around London during the upcoming Olympics. There will also be a few SAM (Surface to Air Missile) batteries stationed on top of residential buildings to guard against a 9/11 style terrorist attack.
Picture: Julian Simmonds/Daily Telegraph