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Posted by Steve on January 31, 2006 at 5:35 pm | 8 Comments

If you’re Welsh, on the Internet, and know what an airplane is, have we got a naming contest for you:

Air Southwest is offering one lucky person the chance to win a trip from Newquay Airport for them and up to three friends or family with the launch of its ‘Name that Plane’ competition.

The airline will take delivery in February of the latest Dash 8-300 aircraft to join the Air Southwest fleet and the people of Cornwall are being asked to give it a name.

Whoever comes up with the winning name, which will be chosen by Air Southwest, will win four return tickets to any destination of their choice served by Air Southwest from Newquay.

The airline currently flies from Newquay to London Gatwick, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Dublin and Bristol, and from April 10 will start a twice daily service to Cardiff.

So summon the likes of Dafydd ap Gwilym, William Williams Pantycelyn and Hedd Wyn and get…ooh, wait a minute, “Hedd Wynd”, that’s a winner! Quick, submit it here!

Ei aberth nid a heibio – ei wyneb Annwyl nid a’n ango Er i’r Almaen ystaenio Ei dwrn dur yn ei waed o.

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8 responses so far ↓

  • 1 gmoney // Jan 31, 2006 at 7:37 pm

    Welsh? Cornwall? Are you confused or am I?

  • 2 steve // Jan 31, 2006 at 7:47 pm

    We are always confused, but: http://www.birminghamuk.com/newquaysw.htm

  • 3 NRT // Feb 1, 2006 at 3:48 am

    No, no, no! Wrong Newquay! Newquay, Ceredigion (Wales, UK) is a tiny village that certainly doesn’t have an airport. Newquay, Cornwall (England, UK) is one of Cornwall’s leading holiday destinations, claiming to be the UK’s surfing capital, and it’s airport happens to have the longest runway in Europe.

  • 4 igor // Feb 1, 2006 at 7:51 am

    Sure, but then where would the Welsh poet jokes go?? Have you any idea how long we have been waiting to make a non-derogatory Welsh Joke??? Any idea how rare such a joke is? Up to now we’ve had Welsh testicle ripping jokes and the standard “the Welsh are annoying jokes” or relied on the tried and tired truism of the Welsh loving small, useless dogs. Please come up with alternative derogatory Cornish humor, or some positive leaning Welsh humor that can survive the corrected geographic fib, or kindly allow the false pretense to continue. Ugh, more Welsh small dog jokes. See the problem?

  • 5 Abnu // Feb 5, 2006 at 1:01 pm

    Aird of Sleat (n. archaic) Ancient Scottish curse placed from afar on the stretch of land now occupied by Heathrow Airport.

    source: The Meaning of Liff, by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd

    Air Liff

  • 6 Abnu // Feb 5, 2006 at 1:11 pm

    Cornish Hence

    http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/C/Cornishh.asp

  • 7 Abnu // Feb 5, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    Cornish Hen

  • 8 susan // Jan 6, 2007 at 10:15 am

    I’m Welsh and transplanted in the U.S. What about one of the following:
    ArianRhod (in Welsh mythology it means silver or round wheel) but change it to “AIRianRhod”
    Or what about “Llyr Gawain” (meaning “sea” and “white hawk”) and modifying it a bit to read “llyr gawair”
    Here’s my last effort: Pryderi Air (pryderi means “care”)
    or Llyr (sea)

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