US Flag in Airplane the Movie - 1980

 The US flag make a small appearance in the movie Airplane 1980.  During a flashback the hero Ted Stryker uses art therapy to heal from his war wounds.  He paints from a real life model where a man is standing on one leg while holding a gun in his left hand and rescuing a baby in the other, while doing yoga as an explosion goes off in the background.

On the right side of the US jeep as small US flag can be seen by his standing foot.

The Tulips that fooled the Greedy Fools!

April is often associated with tulips, but the first of the month is  associated with fools. 

Here is an edited close up of the tulip flag from the painting Wagon of Fools by Hendrik Gerritsz Pot.  Hendrik was from the original Harlem in the Netherlands.The April Fools Tulip Flag has a light blue background with a tulip bulb with four white tulips shoots. 

 Economies often pop or bust, and one most famous accounts of a bubble busted economy is associated with the lovable tulip in the 1600s. 

In 1637, wild trade and speculation in fashionable and novel tulip futures led to one of the first modern economic bubbles.  It was a memorable moment and this unfortunate aspect of 'free' economies was memorialized in the a contemporary painting.

Geographic Flags - Trinity Flags for Bahrain, Cyprus, and Madagascar

 Trinity flags are a class of geographic flag, a marker of sorts, to indicate that a particular nation has part of its national territory in the tri-continental zone where Europe, Asia, and Africa are aligned by longitude. 

Cyprus, Madagascar, and Bahrain are island nations that wholly reside in this geographic zone.

The Cyprus Trinity Flag uses the colours of the national flag of Cyprus.

 The Madagascar Trinity flag is based on the flag of Madagascar.

Bahrain's Trinity flag takes colours and conserves design elements.

Geographic Flags - Trinity Flags for Norway, Finland, and Georgia

 Finland, Georgia, and Norway are all a part of the Geographic Trinity Zone, where Asia, Africa, and Europe are in the same time zone.  All of Georgia is in this region, while only the eastern portions of Finland and Norway enter this special geographic zone.  Thus they all qualify for Trinity Flags the represent a union of Asia, Africa, and Europe.


The Georgia Trinity Flag

The Finland Trinity Flag
An altered version of the national coat if arms is visible in the triangular fly. Usually the lion is placed on a red background but for Finland's trinity flag, a blue background harmonizes with the blue division.










The Norway Trinity Flag

Geographic Flags - Trinity Flags for Egypt, Somalia, and Turkey

 Turkey, Somalia, and Greece are a part of the Trinity Zone whereby Europe, Asia, and Africa align by longitude.  Thus both countries qualify for Trinity Flags.

 The Turkish Trinity Flag










 The Somali Trinity Flag 










The Greek Trinity Flag

Geographic Flags - Trinity Flags for Ukraine, Egypt, and Armenia

Trinity flags are for nations that reside in a special zone where Africa, Asia, and Europe align by longitude - 26 degrees east to 51 degrees east.  The three divisions represent the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Kiev and most of Ukraine lie in the Continental Trinity Zone, thus it qualifies for a Trinity Flag.

The Egyptian Trinity flag uses the national colours of Egypt.

All of this Asian nation - Armenia - resides in the Trinity Zone. 

Geographic Flags -Trinity Flags: Russia, Israel, & Ethiopia

Trinity Flags are for nations that reside in a special geographic zone in between all three continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe. This region of earth is defined by the most western point of the Asian Continent in Turkey and the most eastern point of Africa in Somalia. 

In this longitude all three Old World Continents are in alignment.  It is here that Africa, Asia, and Europe eat, pray, work, live, love, marry, and dream together since the first written word of time.

The design is reflective of the geographic overlap of Europe, Asia, and Africa.  The triangle by the fly represents Asia, the upper trapazoid represents Eruope, and the lower trapazoid represents Africa.

Ethiopia is due south of Europe and Asia, thus it qualifies for a Trinity Flag.  Ethiopia's Trinity flag uses the same colours of its official national ensign.

 Coincidentally Israel is in the middle of it all sandwiched in between Africa and Europe, yet an essential part of Asia.

Russia is lies at the top of this special geographic corridor where a trinity of continents meet in between 26 degrees east to 51 degrees east.  It really is basically 25 degrees of separation.