British Airways ethnic liveries was used on Concorde only. By 1999, BA had repainted around 170 aircraft in its new colours but then Chief Executive, Bob Ayling, announced a review of this process. The aircraft already repainted would keep the new designs, but the remainder of the fleet (still showing the pre-1997 union flag design) would receive a variant of Concorde's Union Flag design. The announcement was timed to divert some attention from Virgin's relaunch. A single 747-400 leased from British Airways to Qantas in 2000, registered as VH-NLH whilst operating in Australia, wore a hybrid livery complete with the Denmark "Wings" tail design.
Unused Pokémon in the 1997 Pokémon Gold and Silver demo Unused Pokémon in the 1997 Pokémon Gold and Silver demo The "Pokémon Gold" and "Silver" demo is a prototype version of the 1999 video games "Pokémon Gold" and "Silver", that was presented at Nintendo Space World in 1997. The demo features 251 Pokémon species, around 40 of which did not appear in the final games and at least 29 of which are significantly different from their final designs. Because the demo was not officially translated, all of the unused Pokémon species are only known by their Japanese name. Seven of the game's nine "starter Pokémon" have different designs and names