This makes me proud to be a Dutchman

[RedAndWhiteBaron]

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/se ... r-BB14V5Zq

I was speaking with my father and he mentioned this to me. I knew King Alex had secretly worked for KLM for a few decades before his coronation. I didn't know that he still flies the royal family and Dutch diplomats himself.

[digits_]

Toch wel een gemiste kans dat ze'm niet oranje geschilderd hebben!

[RedAndWhiteBaron]

LOL, I understand Dutch just well enough to not need to translate that. They really should have IMHO.

[Eric Janson]

Zeker een gemiste kans - hadden ze toch anders aan moeten pakken!

[RedAndWhiteBaron]

They did at least give it a quite regal delft blue livery.

[W5]

Delfts Blauw zou ook een goede keus zijn geweesd. Maar oranje met tulpen op de staart zou ultiem zijn geweesd.

[RedAndWhiteBaron]

Haha, I'll bite.

I translate that as "Delft Blue would have been good. But an orange tulip on the tail would have been better."

I am assuming "tail" from context, I can't translate that but it makes sense - now to go check it and see how good I am with my Dutch.

[W5]

Orange aircraft, with tulips on the tail

[youhavecontrol]

My dutch heritage means I'm too tall to fit in an ejection seat. *cries*

[RedAndWhiteBaron]

Wait, is 6 feet even too tall to fit into an ejection seat?

[youhavecontrol]

Wait, is 6 feet even too tall to fit into an ejection seat?

6'4" is. My legs are long enough that I'd easily lose them if I pulled the handles to eject.

[RedAndWhiteBaron]

Wait, is 6 feet even too tall to fit into an ejection seat?

6'4" is. My legs are long enough that I'd easily lose them if I pulled the handles to eject.

Well that gives me hope for my planned future acrobatics. I'm 5' 11½', but 6' in the water.

Try flying a Grob. You may be surprised.