RCAF 100 - Name the Eagle Mascot

[Good2Golf]

Can I go on a bit of a rant?

That bird is a obvious graphic from open source (AKA the USA) and coupled with the fact that most if not all our PA Staffs are young civilians who grew up with zero knowledge of Canadian history but immersed in 24/7 US culture is it no wonder we get fuck ups like this?

Good thing the PA kids didn’t put it in an aircraft…it would have been sitting in a clipart Su-27…

 

[lenaitch]

This will end badly…

No kidding. Did they learn nothing from Boaty McBoatface? At least with the contest/poll for the CC-295 they provided a list.

You're taunting us....right?

Arthur the Eagle

Where would the Internet be without Monty.

 

[GR66]

How about Buzz...as in Beurling?

 

[RangerRay]

Bald eagle…just a glorified scavenger.

 

[YZT580]

two to choose from: either Gertrude or Hecliff.

 

[medicineman]

Shithawk?

Y'all beat me to it...

Could call it Struck - as in "I don gone got Struck by an eagle"

 

[Spencer100]

Birdy McBirdface....

 

[dimsum]

How about Buzz...as in Beurling?

Or, since 3 CSD is part of the Air Force, Lightyear.

 

[OldSolduer]

Oh no. Now you’ve done it- rekindled the debate about what kind of bird it is.

(for the record, the Government of Canada says it is an Eagle…)

Isn’t the bird on the hat badge an albatross??

 

[RangerRay]

Isn’t the bird on the hat badge an albatross??

I think it was albatross wings for Fleet Air Arm pilots.

Ah shit, now I’ve done it…

 

[Good2Golf]

I think it was albatross wings for Fleet Air Arm pilots.

Ah shit, now I’ve done it…

 

[lenaitch]

two to choose from: either Gertrude or Hecliff.

Knowing the reference dates us quite significantly - it stopped running in 1971 and virtually impossible to find now.

 

[YZT580]

Knowing the reference dates us quite significantly - it stopped running in 1971 and virtually impossible to find now.

but it sure brings back a chuckle when I think about it. I still remember some of his lines and it has been 50 years as you so rudely pointed out

 

[dimsum]

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aren’t those supposed to be seagulls? It’s been a while since I’ve seen that movie.

 

[Good2Golf]

aren’t those supposed to be seagulls? It’s been a while since I’ve seen that movie.

For as much as the cinematic accuracy included talking fish, yes, those are seagulls. On an economy budget, a seagull makes a good substitute for an albatross.

 

[dimsum]

For as much as the cinematic accuracy included talking fish, yes, those are seagulls. On an economy budget, a seagull makes a good substitute for an albatross.

Next thing you’ll tell me that 42 Wallaby Way in Sydney, NSW doesn’t exist.

(their postal addresses are by neighbourhoods, so it’d be something like Newtown or Petersham anyway)

 

[Good2Golf]

Next thing you’ll tell me that 42 Wallaby Way in Sydney, NSW doesn’t exist.

(their postal addresses are by neighbourhoods, so it’d be something like Newtown or Petersham anyway)

Perhaps not in dimsum’s mind….but…somewhere out there…

 

[dapaterson]

For as much as the cinematic accuracy included talking fish, yes, those are seagulls. On an economy budget, a seagull makes a good substitute for an albatross.

The lack of a gif of John Cleese selling an albatross at the Hollywood Bowl is disheartening.

 

[Good2Golf]

The lack of a gif of John Cleese selling an albatross at the Hollywood Bowl is disheartening.

 

[dapaterson]

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