SIA plane to take part in NDP flypast for the first time

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The public will be able to view the A-380 in the aerial flypast for the first time on Aug 1 during the preview show, ahead of National Day.PHOTO: SINGAPORE AIRLINES


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Karamjit Kaur
Aviation Correspondent
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SINGAPORE - For the first time, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) aircraft will take part in the National Day flypast.
To mark Singapore's 50th birthday, an SIA Airbus 380 in a special livery featuring a Singapore flag-themed design will take to the skies.

The plane with the official SG50 logo on the inboard engines and the NDP 2015 'Majulah Singapura - Our Golden Jubilee' logo on the underside will make its flypast over the Marina Bay area at the closing of the Vintage Parade segment of the show.




The event will also feature 20 SIA Girls on trishaws, reminiscent of famous SIA advertisements of the past, the airline said on Friday.
SIA chief executive officer Goh Choon Phong said the airline's success is "closely linked to that of Singapore, and like all Singaporeans we look forward to celebrating the nation's birthday on Aug 9".
"We are honoured to be participating in the National Day Parade during Singapore's Golden Jubilee year, with the world's largest passenger aircraft in the aerial flypast and our iconic Singapore Girl cabin crew in the Vintage Parade," he said.
The public will be able to view the A-380 in the aerial flypast for the first time on Aug 1 during the preview show, ahead of National Day.
SIA will have two aircraft in the special livery up to the end of this year, serving Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Sydney and Zurich.

 

[syed putra]

SIA started of as malayan airways. This is treacherous.

 

[looneytan]

Don't just fly past, why don't do the drop-by ...

... at the grand stand

 

[jw5]

They should also show the country how the plane's interior can be converted into a private ambulance.

 

[mojito]

Two engines stall again then how?

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

and not a single fuck was given.

 

[steffychun]

Malaysia should send Sukhois to disrupt its flight path.

 

[aerobwala]

Singapore Zoo should take part too. We could have elephants, lions, tigers, monkeys, Jiajia & Kaikai marching pass parade stand.

 

[xingguy]

They should also show the country how the plane's interior can be converted into a private ambulance.

They would get more votes from the lowest common denominators.
The commoners would be awe by how the natural aristocrats summon this private "air" ambulance to ferry Gecko :p

 

[halsey02]

Singapore Zoo should take part too. We could have elephants, lions, tigers, monkeys, Jiajia & Kaikai marching pass parade stand.

We already have so many white parrots in the stands & 60% donkeys attending...you want to send in some more animals??

 

[DollarsNoSense]

Any chance of Ah Meng, our famous Orang Utan, appearing on 9 Aug 15?

 

[halsey02]

Any chance of Ah Meng, our famous Orang Utan, appearing on 9 Aug 15?

Where have you been? have you been hiding on some comet? "Ah Meng (circa 18 June 1960 – 8 February 2008) (Chinese: 阿明)"

Ah Meng went to prepare the nest for "ah gong"...

 

[DollarsNoSense]

Heheheh I forgot to type the words 'the spirit of', sorry for the typos. Maybe Ah Meng will appear on the empty chair in the grandstand :o

Where have you been? have you been hiding on some comet? "Ah Meng (circa 18 June 1960 – 8 February 2008) (Chinese: 阿明)"

Ah Meng went to prepare the nest for "ah gong"...

 

[frenchbriefs]

does SIA haSIAve to do with our national identity?are we a nation of sinkies or nation of corporations?
Why not haparparachutists carrying the parachutes of DBS and fireworks

 

[rotiprata]

JT must be f##### high & low...... where is the "ah gong logo"... :(.. :(

 

[Ambulance]

halo nkf fly by in business class si boh

 

[jw5]

Yeah, sinkies tend to be easily impressed and impressionable. :p

They would get more votes from the lowest common denominators.
The commoners would be awe by how the natural aristocrats summon this private "air" ambulance to ferry Gecko :p

 

[halsey02]

does SIA haSIAve to do with our national identity?are we a nation of sinkies or nation of corporations?
Why not haparparachutists carrying the parachutes of DBS and fireworks

SIA is our pride & joy....that nobody can deny....National Day is no longer the celebration of a Country's Independence, but PAP & PA Day, with a display of their "enterprises"...when will Singaporean's can have a really "INDEPENDENCE DAY"..even the banner says, " HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE"???

Shouldn't that be MERDEKA SINGAPURA???

 

[NanoSpeed]

Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) should also send a contingent to the parade.

 

[kukubird59]

hahaha.....how many times must I say this....
this is biggest cock-up in the history of mankind......
they have stubbornly refused to consult the resident clown historian who is the only one on planet earth who knew that Singapore was already an independent country in 1963...
SG50 should have been celebrated in 2013....