In 2007 China Eastern launched a nationwide painting competition for children with "I want to fly" as a theme. Famous cartoonists Ding Wu and Mu Yin-tang selected six paintings with part of those six winning entries merged and painted on this A320. Simultaneously the airline launched a contest to name the plane and "Red Scarf Dream" was chosen.
This aircraft originally belonged to the
Anhui branch of China Eastern based in
Hefei, and took part in celebrations of the June 1st International Children's Day, during which 30 primary school students from Hefei could visit the aircraft. Similar events in association with the
Young Pioneers of China took place later on. The latter is a large youth organization for children aged 6-14 with red scarf as a uniform. The aircraft is believed to have moved to the Jiangsu (Nanjing based) subsidiary of the airline at a later time.
Images © T.Y. Bob Lee (SIN)
Tags
Children Drawings,
Design Competition
