During the recent Singapore Airshow 2012, another dragon - this time a rather famous one - descended on our mortal world. Owned by kung-fu actor Jackie Chan, the Embraer Legacy 650 was auspiciously painted in a bright crimson and imperial yellow. In a fusion of cultures, the chinese word for "dragon" had the first name of its famous owner embedded in it. Registered equally auspiciously as N688JC, the Legacy 650 which had a stylised dragon emblazoned on its fuselage arrived on 12 Feb in the last light offered by a post-downpour sunset.
This being the year of the water dragon, the Legacy 650 was totally in its elements the next day when the Singapore Airshow site took a major drenching ...
Throughout the trade days of the airshow, this private jet proved to be a popular one for visitors - especially considering the amount of publicity generated in the media about its pedigree ownership. This must have been one of the most photographed tail in the entire show.
By the time the show was opened to public on Saturday (18 February), many of the day's earliest visitors must have been disappointed to find their famous target missing ... but a little later in the morning, those with a sharp pair of "dragon eyes" would have caught sight of it flying over the show site.
Visitors on the next public day on Sunday were not so lucky ... all they have perhaps were the press-cuttings they may have kept from the past week's dailies.
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