Subject: Re: Xmas Eve articel # 2
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Petrie House" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:03:24 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Petrie House 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 3:05 AM
  Subject: Xmas Eve articel # 2

  Gallery Template #01

  What Santa would fly: 1957

  "1/144 Comet" 

  by "Alvis 3.1"
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here  

  Needing a faster delivery system than propellor driven aircraft would give him, Santa was one of the very first users of the cargo variant of the famous DeHavilland Comet airliner. Specially strenghtened floors, an aerial drop system and strategically placed airfields allowd Santa a fast, effficient Xmas that year, and for several years afterwards. In fact, the Comet (named after one of Santas' favourite reindeer) was used in support roles well into the 1980s, when noise abatement policies led to its' withdrawl.
  The kit is the ancient Airfix Comet 4, slightly chopped and modifed, with a snazzy red paint scheme and a gold "go fast" stripe. Decals were home made on my inkjet printer.

  Photos and text © by "Alvis 3.1"