Describing the scheme as "fraud" is a little harsh...

There is no copyright on paint jobs, color schemes, etc... and in order for fraud to take place, one would have to be defrauding someone (Yuri, in this case, if he had applied for copyright) or violate some law (theft of copyrighted material) ... and then selling it as their own work. In this case, CA is only stating that it was the scheme Chip Hyde was flying, they did not say Chip Hyde claimed the scheme as his own.


Since copying someone's color scheme is the ultimate compliment, and if in fact Yuri came up with the scheme, he should feel pretty good that Chip Hyde and/or Comp Arf wants to use it....


That said, I hate stars on planes and the scheme is way too busy anyway... so who really cares!

Discussing copied color schemes any further is right up there with a P.O.C. like Dan Rather copying a turd like Farenheit 911 -- its insignificant and meaningless... just like the original.

DP