Posted this on Airliners.Net, but reckon its also appropriate for this thread:
Biman Bangladesh was famous for their "wild tropical" prints on board their now decommissioned DC10s and everyone seems to think that they were the originators of the fabric design as the plane and seats were used until retirement of the last example in 2014.
While the reports by various aviation bloggers did show glimpses of the original owner of the aircraft - Singapore Airlines (airline's name was still embossed on some of the galley equipment). I don't believe anyone has actually realised that those wild and by today's standards gaudy prints were originally on board the Singapore Airlines aircraft as well.
See these instagram links:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJDymqhmIL ... _copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJo--mhcZF ... _copy_link
The seats and even wall panels are virtually identical to those images we see of the Biman DC10s at a point close to their retirement:
https://samchui.com/2011/12/18/biman-ba ... 0D_qygzbIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBHMYj8Rc5Y
They were certainly identical. I must imagine, it will be difficult to visualize SQ using such ID on board their now elegantly minimalist aircraft interiors now, but in the late 1970s to early 1980s when the aircraft were in the fleet, this was probably the acceptable norm.
Biman Bangladesh was famous for their "wild tropical" prints on board their now decommissioned DC10s and everyone seems to think that they were the originators of the fabric design as the plane and seats were used until retirement of the last example in 2014.
While the reports by various aviation bloggers did show glimpses of the original owner of the aircraft - Singapore Airlines (airline's name was still embossed on some of the galley equipment). I don't believe anyone has actually realised that those wild and by today's standards gaudy prints were originally on board the Singapore Airlines aircraft as well.
See these instagram links:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJDymqhmIL ... _copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJo--mhcZF ... _copy_link
The seats and even wall panels are virtually identical to those images we see of the Biman DC10s at a point close to their retirement:
https://samchui.com/2011/12/18/biman-ba ... 0D_qygzbIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBHMYj8Rc5Y
They were certainly identical. I must imagine, it will be difficult to visualize SQ using such ID on board their now elegantly minimalist aircraft interiors now, but in the late 1970s to early 1980s when the aircraft were in the fleet, this was probably the acceptable norm.
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