Radarspotting Christmas Competition

[Anmer]

Welcome to Radarspotting's first Christmas Competition

Open to all members excluding myself and our illustrious judge, Hamish McTorsk

The letter must NOT have more than 40 words

The prize is a microsADSB receiver complete with a single PlanePlotter licence.  I chose and bought these with your generous donations so there's no product or supplier bias.

You can read our microADSB Guide here.

The competition is an easy one.

Just write a Dear Santa letter of no more than 40 words asking for your favourite present.  The winner will be the most amusing and original letter, as judged by Hamish.

Send me your Dear Santa letters by PM with Dear Santa in the subject line.  I will collate them and Hamish will choose the winner.  Hamish won't know who has written each letter so there will be no bias or favouritism.

As a Thank You, I'm sending Hamish a Christmas Hamper of his favourite British foods.  Hamish lives in Copenhagen and isn't enjoying good health.  Once again I've used your donations to fund the hamper.  I hope you don't mind as Hamish has contributed so much to the radarspotting hobby since he launched Radarspotters back in March 2009 and is always available when I need help and advice.

Entries must be submitted before 23.59 UTC time on the 24th December 2012.  The judge's decision is final and no purchases are necessary. 

Letters in excess of 40 words will be rejected.

I'll announce the winner as soon as I'm sober.

Have fun

[MI0BOK]

                                A young ventriloquist is touring Sweden and, one night, he's doing a show in a small fishing town.
With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes.
Suddenly, a blonde woman in the fourth row stands on her chair and starts shouting,         
"I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype Swedish
blond women that way? What does the color of a woman's hair have to do with her worth as a human being?
  It's men like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community,       
and from reaching our full potential as people.Its people like you that make others think that all Blondes are dumb!
You and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes, but women in general...
pathetically all in the name of humor!"
The embarrassed ventriloquist begins to apologize, and the blonde yells;
  "You stay out of this! I'm talking to that little idiot on your lap!"

[mogensj]

Hey Santa

When will the winner name come her on the forum ?

BR mogens

[Anmer]

I'll announce the winner as soon as I'm sober.

Have fun

As soon as I can after the competition closes.

[squiral]

Dear Santa ,
can you arrange to send me a predictor of some sort to keep ahead of all the fuel  increases, as I find driving my car is like flying an aeroplane just enough fuel to get you there   

[Anmer]

All entries to be sent via Personal Message.

[Anmer]

Competition Winner Announced

Well done everyone who entered the Dear Santa competition.

Hamish did an excellent job scoring all the entries, many of which got marks of 9/10.

The winner is shown below in Blue, scoring full marks 10/10.

Hamish didn't know the identity of the contestants, though he did guess one  .

Our winner is Metty.

If Metty gets in touch I'll organise delivery of the prizes - a microADSB receiver and PlanePlotter licence.

Thanks again to all who entered and Merry Christmas everyone.

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Please visit Brandao and give him the gift of life long halitosis so that every time he spouts his brand of bullshit, people will be able to smell it as well as read it.

Love to Rudolph.
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I started to look for you on my radar, I guess you have transponder on your sleigh . I have told my little boy that Santa Claus can be seen on radar, when the PC is ON he looks after you
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To help you identify the green and red lights during your nightly sky rides I wish for a minisadsb device this year. Also I will highlight the nose of Rudolf and make him a preferent "squawk" that night.
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Dear Santa,
I would love a Radarbox for Christmas.  One problem, no chimney! Good Luck!

P.S. key is under the mat if you need it.
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Previously advised returns from last year await collection.
These are on the roof beside the chimney stack.
Anything attached to the chimney should be left, as these fixtures allow me to keep track of you.
Safe journey.
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Being retired and poor can I have 50 gallon copper pot still, 1 ton malted barley and a subscription to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Grant my wish and I'll leave a very big dram for you, with Rudolph's carrots, next Christmas.
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It would be great to win as i could take this with me to Denver next April when i go over for my Daughters wedding.
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We do not get snow here, I do not know how you will get here with your reindeer drawn sleigh.
I think your passage to us will be easier if we can have a snow making machine.
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Could you allow me to have a bit of  blue sky (and trails) to see The Irish Airforce Learjet Pleaaassseee
Saves me more embarresment of being in the garden shaking my fist at the sky and saying "Damn You "
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This year I want that gift, if you can ... bring health and peace for all people around the world!
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I would like a Micro ADSB Box for Christmas it would help me to know when you were around our location plus if you got one it would make it safer for you to avoid conflicting aircraft.
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Please send me a microADSB because....

The dots in the sky always go by
without me knowing their identity
but with one of these things you'd think I'd grown wings
and flown up to ID them with certainty!
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Note from Santa to Rudolph to make sure the mode-s transponder is on so we can track which one of us might win our favorite present of the microADSB and license. Thanks and we'll be tracking.
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My wish is to get a new Mode-S Receiver, where I live was hit with many severe Earthquakes and a lot of toys have been broken,  so don't worry about my new front teeth , just a new Receiver will suffice.
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If I leave you extra mince pies
Will you bring me a Planeplotter compatible microADSB device?
If I leave you and extra port or two
Will you ask Mike to help me set it up too?
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This far I have been spotting You with binoculars and scanners.
Unfortunately, Your sledge is not yet visible on plane spotting sites.
Please bring me a mode-S receiver to share everybody Your Christmas Flight online!
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Please arrange for those nice ATC people to stop sending the hundreds of aircraft passing overhead me at altitudes that make it impossible to spot and allow them to fly at 500ftish so I can read their registration
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Can you please send me a bird table.  I love birds and whilst looking out of the window for aircraft I can make a survey for the RSPB.  Thus enriching our knowledge of birds and helping my hobby.
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Can I have please just one day on this forum which is free of Airnav whinging?
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