Everyone's Dream - Flip into the sky
みんなの夢 大空にはばたけ
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This special scheme was unveiled on October 8, 2001 to celebrate the 30 years of service of the airline, as well as the 30th anniversary of the normalization of relations between Japan and China. A bird painting competition for children was held in Japan and in China. The earth logo on the tail and the first bird featured aft of the L1 door were designed by cartoonist
Leiji Matsumoto, who was part of the jury of the contest. For the rest, both sides of the plane displayed different bird drawings, with the winning entries from Chinese students featured on the port side and drawings of Japanese children on the starboard side. Remains of the livery stayed after the aircraft was sold to Fly Air of Turkey as TC-FLE.
The company was originally formed as Toa Domestic Airlines (TDA) in a merger between Toa Airways and Japan Domestic Airlines in 1971. It had adopted the JAS name in 1988.
Images © EXIA 01 (MMB) & F-4さん (HND)
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Children Drawings,
Design Competition
