Unfolded, it sits in your hand comfortably, without any excess handle on the back end, thanks to that little
tailfin. Durability over the week proved to be typical Benchmade--it took whatever was dished out and made mincemeat of it.
Four years later, then BA chief executive Bob Ayling took the significant decision to scrap the Union flag design on the plane
tailfins and replace it with ethnic colours.
She holds a whale by the
tailfin between finger and thumb.
Its design was driven mainly by the need to house the sinister B-52 Stratofortress, the long-range bomber famously used in Vietnam and the Gulf with a wingspan of 61m and a
tailfin 16m high; but also by the desire to suspend some of the smaller aircraft, weighing up to 10 tonnes, from the roof.
created a special beer called "
Tailfin Ale" for the recent Hot August Nights Classic Car Rally.
The white aircraft was emblazoned with "Democratic People's Republic of Korea," the North's official name, while its
tailfin carried a North Korean emblem.
Norwegian has announced its first black and first American female
tailfin hero, Sojourner Truth, the company said.
| The Red Arrows (main with Hawk jet in |new
tailfin livery) will bring their stunning display to Llandudno Airshow on May 23
JetBlue Airways, know for its creative
tailfin designs, plans to debut its latest Prism design on the airline's Airbus A321 aircraft just joining its fleet.
The traditional Oryx logo, which appears on Qatar Airways' current mixed fleet of 124 aircraft, is seen on the 24m high
tailfin of the double-decker A380 superjumbo, scheduled to enter service early next year.
The new logo shows a Swiss
tailfin with its Swiss-cross design, reflecting the livery of the company's aircraft and enabling the airline to be instantly recognised as "the airline of Switzerland".