The flag of Gabon was adopted in 1960.

It became the national flag carrier in 1968, then renamed Societé Nationale Air Gabon.

* The flag of Gabon

The official party flag also has the emblem of the party incorporated onto the flag.

The flag has a white field, with a red Latin cross inside a blue canton.

Aer Lingus, Ireland's national flag carrier has named one of its Airbus A330 aircraft in commemoration of the saint ( reg: EI-DUO ).

The exact derivation of the term is unknown, but it has been thought that in early Canadian football, the scoring of a single was signalled with a red flag.

* the ball is dead and a penalty flag has been thrown,

* Upon approaching the port, ships must display a quarantine flag, which has the letter ' Q ' on it, and wait for admittance into the port.

The story of the original flag has a continuation.

Whether the flag has its origins in a divine sign, a banner of a military order, an ecclesiastical banner, or perhaps something entirely different, Danish literature is no help before the early 15th century.

This image has been used to acknowledge a previously disputed theory that the cross found in Valdemar Atterdag's coats of arms located in his Danælog seal ( Rettertingsseglet ) from 1356 is indeed the cross from the Danish flag.

The flag has been intended to represent Europe in its wider sense.

In particular the flag has become a banner for pro-Europeanism outside the Union, for example in Georgia, where the flag is on most government buildings since the coming to power of Mikhail Saakashvili, who used it during his inauguration, stating: " European flag is Georgia ’ s flag as well, as far as it embodies our civilisation, our culture, the essence of our history and perspective, and our vision for the future of Georgia.

It is also used as a pro-democracy emblem in countries such as Belarus, where it has been used on protest marches alongside the banned former national flag and flags of opposition movements.

It's said that the Dutch Tricolor has inspired many flags but most notably those of Russia, New York City, and South Africa ( the 1928 – 94 flag as well the current flag ).

As a forerunner of revolution, France's tricolour flag style has been adopted by other nations.

* The flag of Turkey, which is very similar to last flag of the old Ottoman Empire, has been an inspiration for the flag designs of many other Muslim nations.

Each flag or pennant has a specific meaning when flown individually.

Throughout the world the flag has been used in public discourse to refer to the United States, not only as a nation, state, government, and set of policies, but also as a set of ideals.

The flag has become a powerful symbol of Americanism, and is proudly flown on many occasions, with giant outdoor flags used by retail outlets to draw customers.

Red, black and white are the three colours of the flag of Amsterdam.

Following the rapid change from a loose formation to a rigid line of battle both fleets raised their colours ; each British ship added additional Union Flags in its rigging in case its main flag was shot away.

** GuineaA poster for the French colonial empire titled: " Three colours, one flag, one empire " ( 1941 )

The colours of the flag are the same as those of the Dannebrog, symbolising Greenland's place in the Danish realm.

The flag of both Mecklenburg duchies is traditionally made of the colours blue, yellow and red.

The common model was coloured in the black-red-gold of the current German flag, with a variety of other colours also available.

Switzerland ( mainly Geneva ) is home to many international governmental and nongovernmental organisations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross ( whose flag is essentially the Swiss flag with colours reversed ).

The ubiquitous Red and Black Sandinista flag was used during the election process along with the pink as it was one of the colours of a campaign that finished its popular appearances with John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance and the Sandinista Hymn " fighting against Yanqui agressors, enemies of humanity.

The flag includes the three colours of the Armenian National flag.

An " attribute " consists of a foreground and a background colour, a brightness level ( normal or bright ) and a flashing " flag " which, when set, causes the two colours to swap at regular intervals.

Each GAA county has its own flag / colours ( and often a nickname too ), and county allegiances are taken quite seriously.

Leone also produced three comedies by actor / director Carlo Verdone, which were Fun Is Beautiful ( Un Sacco Bello, 1980 ), Bianco, Rosso e Verdone ( White, Red and Verdone – Verdone means " strong green " – a pun referring to the three colours of the Italian flag, the star and to director Verdone, 1981 ) and Troppo Forte ( Great !, 1986 ).

The combination of white and red ( argent and gules ) is a reference to the colours of the flag of Savoy.

The red flag introduced under Taraki was replaced in 1980, shortly after the Soviet intervention, to the more traditional colours black, red and green.

The modern coat of arms circa 1992 is the same, but the shield can be adorned with golden oak leaves tied with a ribbon with colours of the Russian national flag.

Coloured smoke trails may be emitted to emphasise the patterns flown and / or the colours of a national flag.

In 1970, the white-bordered Union Flag ceased to be the signal for a pilot, but references to it as national colours were not removed from the current Merchant Shipping Act and it was legally interpreted as a flag that could be flown on a merchant ship, as a jack if desired.

) Act 1993 and the consolidating Merchant Shipping Act 1995 which, in Section 4, Subsection 1, prohibits the use of any distinctive national colours or those used or resembling flags or pendants on Her Majesty's Ships, " except the Red Ensign, the Union flag ( commonly known as the Union Jack ) with a white border ", and some other exceptions permitted elsewhere in the Acts.

However, Section 2 regards the ' British flag ', and states that " The flag which every British ship is entitled to fly is the Red Ensign ( without any defacement or modification ) and, subject to ( a warrant from Her Majesty or from the Secretary of State, or an Order of Council from her Majesty regarding a defaced Red Ensign ), no other colours.

The colours and design of the cockade are the basis of the Tricolour flag, adopted in 1790.

The colours adopted by Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing, which replaced a darker version of the flag.

The flag of Germany is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold.