December 15, 2011 at 2:56 pm
12 months ago the sight of a Harrier in British skies was seen for the last time, to celebrate this anniversary my wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy this morning. Sadly she turned down my suggestion to name him Hawker Siddley, but both are fine.
By: inkworm - 17th December 2011 at 14:28
A fully fitted out Harrier cockpit comes close though!
Congratulations on your news Chris.
I think if you stuck the rest of the airframe back on then the Harrier would probably win every time!:diablo:
Thanks again for all the best wishes.
By: Scouse - 17th December 2011 at 13:42
Well done! I’ve got three of them (offspring, not Harriers), not one of whom has the slightest interest in aviation. Let’s hope your parenting skills in that area turn out to be better than mine:D
By: nuuumannn - 17th December 2011 at 13:15
thought that came back with old age….
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That’s called payback, your kids end up doing it for you!
By: roadracer - 17th December 2011 at 10:53
Congratulations and best wishes to all 4 of you!
Now what about one of these ? Bit on the big side but a wee tuck here, a slight shortening there..
http://www.amazon.com/Infant-Pilot-Halloween-Costume-Months/dp/B000J4DH7K
PS, shame there wasnt some way to say well done to the comments here, damned funny a lot of them !
By: pagen01 - 17th December 2011 at 10:42
Congratulations!!! A baby itยดs the best present in the world!!
A fully fitted out Harrier cockpit comes close though!
Congratulations on your news Chris.
By: TonyT - 16th December 2011 at 22:24
Well done old man, thank god the days of scraping semi solids off the nappies are long gone.
Have fun
thought that came back with old age….
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By: Mr Creosote - 16th December 2011 at 21:03
Hey, congratualtions mate. Before you know it, he’ll be bouncing up and down like he’s Pegasus powered.
By: Thunderbird167 - 16th December 2011 at 14:03
Being Noah is no aviation barrier.
Here is one for you BRIGADIER GENERAL NOAH E. LOY
4,800 hours is pretty good
By: PeterVerney - 16th December 2011 at 13:58
Oh gawd another ankle biter.
Well done old man, thank god the days of scraping semi solids off the nappies are long gone.
Have fun
By: oz rb fan - 16th December 2011 at 13:10
congrats inkworm
the pressie that keeps on giving(or should that be taking……….)
By: nuuumannn - 15th December 2011 at 23:00
Congrats old Boy! Your fish can swim! Not until he leaves the house as a teenager will you get a full night’s sleep again!
How about John (Fozard, Farley)?
By: TonyT - 15th December 2011 at 22:25
Just watch out for the bouncing bum and the payload it can deliver…. Congrats ๐
By: roberto_yeager - 15th December 2011 at 22:13
Congratulations!!! A baby itยดs the best present in the world!!
1Saludo
By: inkworm - 15th December 2011 at 21:26
Is it just me (well, Google) but there don’t seem to be any Noahs in the aviation world.
Yet, there’s time for that to change now as he’s going to have a proper upbringing like his older sister, she went to her first flying legends at 6 weeks old. Might have to drag him down to brunty this weekend and get him blooded!
By: ZRX61 - 15th December 2011 at 21:08
Sadly she turned down my suggestion to name him Hawker Siddley, but both are fine.
Was out on the flight line one day at DX & a couple of the other guys walk up with a senior looking gentleman in tow & introduced him as “Harry Hawker”. I guess my expression must have looked somewhat incredulous as the next comment was “Not THAT Harry Hawker” which was just as well as he’d been dead for about 70 years by that point ๐ฎ
By: Martin Garrett - 15th December 2011 at 20:26
Congratulations Chris to you and your wife. Fantastic news and the date could not have been better for you. Best wish’s to all.
By: WP840 - 15th December 2011 at 20:09
Is it just me (well, Google) but there don’t seem to be any Noahs in the aviation world. Obviously there is one that is quite well known in the Maritime world….:rolleyes:
By: trumper - 15th December 2011 at 17:56
๐ Congrats to you and your wife.You could’ve called him Vincent Stanley,Tobias,Oliver,Laurence or VSTOL for short ๐
By: Rocketeer - 15th December 2011 at 17:49
Congrats old chap!
By: Lincoln 7 - 15th December 2011 at 17:04
inkworm, Congratulations on your new addition, however, naming him Noah, do you know something that we don’t?.;)
Jim.
Lincoln .7