The Flight of the Saltire

[LordKiltClad]

If McMath sees the ship needing refueling, after a quick fill might head towards Dallas, then I'm sure Myself, RowdyRed, Lambda, and the rest of the DFW crowd would be more than happy to help her along the journey.

[Big Mikey]

Well, last evening, the Saltire made its official landing in Langley, BC.

BruceBC made the trek out from Vancouver to experience the Dublin Crossing and to be photographed with the stately airship.

He could not thank me enough for getting him out! We both had a great time chatting with the ladies, listening to the BC Regiment Irish Pipes and Drums and finishing off with some great tunes from Piper Down.


It was a wonderful time of drink sharing, story swapping and general merry-making. BruceBC has assured me that he will DEFINITELY be back. And to those that could not be there, my deepest sympathies.

In the next week or two, the Saltire will head to Victoria for the next leg of its "continuing mission". Cheers all.

[Birddog]

I think it should take a trip to the keys via BirdDog in January.

Absolutely! If it makes its way to us here in Colorado, I will be glad to take it to the Keys with me. Of course, the Colorado kilted are planning a kilted birthday night in Oct, so maybe it will make its way here for that. I wouldn't want to keep it grounded here for that length of time between, though.

[Sionnach]

The ship will always welcome at my home as well.

[GDub]

Big Mikey (or anyone who can answer), newbie to kilts question--what's the tartan you're wearing in the pic above?

[Big Mikey]

That particular tartan is Magnus Michaelis. It is a very rare tartan and only available to those kilted gentlemen of substance who are members of "The 300 Club".

OK, OK, I'm kidding. It's a fashion tartan that I found on sale at a local store. According to the gent that made that very stylish box pleated kilt, with the side slash pockets and the under apron pocket, the material is a good quality.

I just really liked it and at $6.95 a meter, I couldn't resist. So if you like it, all I can suggest is keep your eyes open in the clearance sections of your local fabric stores.

[GDub]

That particular tartan is Magnus Michaelis. It is a very rare tartan and only available to those kilted gentlemen of substance who are members of "The 300 Club"...

LOL! I do like it. Kinda sorta reminds USAK's American Heritage tartan--at least it did last night after a few glasses of red red wine...

Thanks for the info.

Sláinte

[Panache]

A report from the Saltire's journey can be found here:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/d....html?p=606213

Cheers

Jamie

[Kilted Rogue]

If the lovely lady flies to the south east i will gladly offer her safe harbor!

Great idea now if we could only attach a GPS device so we could track her in real time...

[JerseyLawyer]

Just be careful whilst landing at Lakehurst, NJ!

You know, I'm very near there. If the Saltire comes my way, and I can do it without being arrested by the MPs, I'll gladly take a picture of the Saltire at Lakehurst Naval Air Station.