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[Thayer Syme]

At 10:52 AM 5/1/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Thayer, any history on the crest markings you have on the cowl?
>
>Love the diving at you shot!

That's one of my favorites as well, especially since I can hear the 
wind in the rigging every time I look at it.

The heraldic crest is a complete fabrication. Instead of trying to 
research, document and get excited about markings for a model that 
was already taking liberties with history, I decided to invent a 
little of my own. Many years ago my great-grandfather registered a 
private yachting burgee that has a white star on a dark green field. 
My family still uses that flag, so I adopted it as an element for the 
crest. The gryphon simply represents my son's name, Gryffin. Thus, 
very literally, the crest reads "Gryffin Syme." His birthday is 
January 14, hence the 01.14 on the side of the fuselage.

While potentially offensive to serious historians, I figured the 
markings were well within the scope of what was done at the time.

Thayer
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