does anyone want this?

[Guest]

well barry, seein as you have won, if you want me to give it to nigel i will happily do so....

but then i have just re-read nigels post and he says he want to donate it to you barry if he wins.

but then, seeing has he didnt, and you (barry) has, its going to nigel....goh, confusing!

nigel if you pm me your address i will post it asap

[Guest]

I love aviation art and i thank Barry for the thought as he knows how passionate i am ! So If Barry doesnt mind then I think it should go to John as a thank you for all that we have here. I must admit its a lovely picture and if it wasnt so nice i would have accepted it with pride. As it is I think that it would be a nice gesture from us to say thanks !!!

what do you guys think?

Now it gets confusing RJ

[Guest]

lol i just think no one wants it

but, if john want to pm me his address, he can have it.

lol

[wonwinglo]

LOL ! This is funny,I have never seen such a great bunch of lively people together,yes I agree Nigel, John should have the picture as a gesture of our appreciation for everything he has done,perhaps he could print out the poem and place it on the rear of the picture.

[John]

I don't want to sound ungrateful but if it's something that Nigel would like then I'm more than happy for him to have it, after all I get a lot more from the forum than I give

[Guest]

Typical of Johns generosity so here we go folks who would like John to get the pic sign on here! then he cant refuse (As admin he probably sees gifts etc as unfair on the rest of us) but This is such a small thing that we can do to show our appreciation towards his efforts then im all for it!

[wonwinglo]

This has my vote.

[Guest]

Not to hijack this thread...you Brits are doing a nice job immortalizing the Hurricane into poem, but I am curious.

A few years back I recall a special on some plane remains that were found under London....went down in a dogfight I believe...was that a Spitfire or Hurricane? I recall the Merlin's engine having an intact ID tag on it!

[Guest]

i think it was a hurricane

and it has my vote (to be honest i dont care who i send it to its only the price of a stamp (about the same as being made a mod? :P )

edit...

Buckingham Palace's savior dies

Ray Holmes, a World War II fighter pilot who rammed a German plane to prevent a direct hit on Buckingham Palace, has died. . . Sgt. Holmes spotted a German Dornier bomber lining up to attack the palace on Sept. 15, 1940, and, finding he had run out of ammunition, the pilot from 504 Squadron slammed into the bomber, slicing off its tail.

Holmes, from Wirral in northwest England, parachuted to safety, while his Hurricane plane crashed at 400 mph behind Victoria Station, well away from the palace.

The German bomber plunged into the station's courtyard. The German pilot also survived the incident, which was captured on film.



From the Guardian. We noted the excavation of Holmes' plane last year here.

[Guest]

Richard,

I would definately send it to John before anyone else comes up with another suggestion!

[Guest]

LOOOOOOOOOL@ THIS THREAD!

How typical of this forum, no-one can decided on anything because everyones just too nice, i love it here!

[wonwinglo]

Squiffy we have been laughing our heads off all night here over this ! it is so funny,it must set a record as to how many people can gift a gift.

[Guest]

Why don't you scan it at a nice high resolution, post it somewhere and we can all download it and we can all have it.

You can chuck the original in the bin then and save postage as well.

Sorted, that's engineers for you.

[Guest]

richard, you said i should give it to john asap before someone else comes up with a new idea....and who came up with a new idea...you!

lol

[Guest]

Sorry I just can't stop thinking about it!