Re: Norwegian Air Shuttle Tail Art
I'm suspecting that the individual
tails are about to disappear. It makes little sense flying from
Cork to Boston with a Norwegian poet on the tail.
The tail heroes were a clever move when Norwegian was
building up business in Norway as a 'people's carrier'
(ref. the Norwegian flag of Braathen) and later in Sweden and
Denmark, when a number of famous Swedes and Danes were
added to the empennage.
In fact the tail heroes made good sense in Scandinavia
considering our intertwined history and culture!
However interestingly and perhaps tellingly, despite having a
base in HEL there are only two tail fin Finns (pardon the pun!)!
For the curious the tail heroes also have a sort of educational
twist to them! For instance I had no idea who Gunnar Sønsteby
was when I went on board LN-NGG last November! I then did a
little research and could later relate to the Norwegian WW2
resistance fighter when I came across his name during a
vacation in Norway.
Somehow I wish that DY would stick to their guns and keep the
tail heroes, however I'm afraid that LN-MOW has a very valid point!
viv
