Originally Posted by
gj83
All US flag planes should have the US flag on them. I have never seen a plane without the flag of its home country. I wonder how it got past the painters without one.
That is not the case. The FAA regulation on Identification and Registration Marking (FAR 45) does not require a flag, only the registration (N-registration). That said, many US registered aircraft do have a flag near the registration.
To me it sounds like a lame excuse to cover the real reason for the delay.