[VAL] Flag Display

["Brian Jenkins" <jenkins1924@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bobby,
That's a very interesting observation. As I understand it, there are only 
two places where the American flag is displayed with the Union to the right 
(of the viewer). On the left-hand side of military aircraft (as viewed from 
the front) and on the right sleeve of military uniforms. I was told that it 
was used in this way because of the fact that (on aircraft) the flag would 
naturally be blown in that direction as the aircraft flew, and on military 
uniforms it would be blown in that direction as the soldier charged the 
enemy. (It would only be blown forward if the soldier was retreating.)

I found this on a military flag etiquette website: "-The US Code does not 
address the positioning of the flag patch. It is appropriate to wear an 
American flag patch on the left or right sleeve. When worn on the left 
sleeve, the union would appear towards the front and the stripes would run 
horizontally toward the back. When worn on the right sleeve, it is 
considered proper to reverse the design so that the union is at the 
observers right to suggest that the flag is flying in the breeze as the 
wearer moves forward."

I thought that the right-sleeve-reversed-flag only applied to the military. 
However, there's a lot of debate about whether the Boy Scouts originated as 
a quasi-military organization.

On a completely different subject, why is the VAC a part of the WBCCI? I 
know it started out that way, but with the growing size of the VAC and the 
country's growing interest in vintage Airstreams (and the constant 
complaints about the WBCCI) why doesn't the VAC separate itself into an 
independent body?
What exactly does the WBCCI do for the VAC that the VAC couldn't do for 
itself?

Brian Jenkins