Comments on: Meditations on a Coaster

By: Chris Hesler

Chris Hesler — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:15:55 +0000

Far out. If you bite the bottom off an ice cream cup (the kind that were meant to hold ice cream, vaguely torch-shaped, sold in stacks, wrapped and boxed) you will see the early Husker Du logo.

By: Tom Evans

Tom Evans — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:40:22 +0000

My FIL was a 747 check captain for BA – ex BOAC – he still referred to the BOAC/BEA cliques decades after the merger; I think the long-haul types still slightly lorded it over the short haul guys for a long while…

By: Daniel G

Daniel G — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:30:30 +0000

I’m the exact same way with railroad logo’s. I know em all! Got me into my career as a railroader and retired as a conductor in 2014. My obsession did anyway…
As an aside, we took trains from Grand Rapids, Michigan into Bensenville, Illinois right outside O’Hare. Stayed in a HoJo’s where many international crews stayed…I always got a room facing the airport to watch the planes come and go. Had a scanner to listen too.
I guess that makes me a nerd eh?

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:48:21 +0000

This is me every time I see the flag of St. Lucia 🙂

By: wilson

wilson — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:28:04 +0000

Apparently origami is too difficult for these pilots.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:11:41 +0000

Sorry but my pedantic streak has struck again. The BEA logo is not a partial Union Jack, as the white stripes are all the same width. Compare your second photo of the coaster with the logo and you’ll see it’s not the same.

It’s obviously inspired by the Union Jack, but as it’s also supposed to represent an aircraft it needs to be symmetrical, which the Union Jack isn’t.

By: Gimlet Winglet

Gimlet Winglet — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 03:15:52 +0000

That’s rather fun. At first glance I assumed a relic of the cool britannia era.