emote was awarded the opportunity to be part of history in 2009. We designed the livery for the first Royal Flying Doctor Service medical jet, in Australia.

Rio Tinto Life Flight Jet was an exciting project beginning with four designs which were put to employee vote within Rio Tinto and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The above design won hands down in both companies.

We went through quite the learning curve. We had never designed livery for a jet and discovered many considerations to be contemplated. For instance, you should avoid painting a jet the colour red. It doesn’t weather well (fades) and the up keep is constant. White is also more cost effective as most planes start white in colour.

A special paint is used on certain areas of a jet so as not to throw off navigation equipment, however it is best to avoid painting these areas altogether if possible. Our information may not be completely correct, however it is what we were led to believe when liaising with jet operators involved in the project and we certainly didn’t want to be responsible for throwing the jet off course with a red stripe in the wrong place!

Fortunately the winning design proved both popular and viable and the Rio Tinto Life Flight Jet for the Royal Flying Doctor Service was successfully launched in Perth on the 14 October, 2009.