I am working on a design for a challenge coin. I would like to have the LGA Tower (old one) in the foreground with the city skyline with the WTC in the background. Does anyone have any photos like that so I can get the proper prospective?
Thanks.
I am working on a design for a challenge coin. I would like to have the LGA Tower (old one) in the foreground with the city skyline with the WTC in the background. Does anyone have any photos like that so I can get the proper prospective?
Thanks.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
are you working thursday? i have a design that might help. ill be in the office from 0530 till 1400.Originally Posted by emshighway
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
Yea, I can swing by the terminal at 13:00.are you working thursday? i have a design that might help. ill be in the office from 0530 till 1400.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
Gee, thanks for all the help :cry:
Matt, sorry I couldn't meet up today. I had a HQ person who wanted to be baby sat.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
I'm not "artistically" gifted, so I can't help in that department, but when you get the coin made, let me know - I'd be interested in buying one...
I have some schemes already designed. I use CorelDraw and have designed several patches and other items. If anyone runs into the SCPD Airport Operations Officers their patch is mine. Also in the city if you see a voluntary Ambulance (private hospital supplying 911 busses) with the participating logo on the doors that is mine.
Thanks Matt for the second eye.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
no worries, anytime.
do you mean this one:
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
Yep. LOL, this one is mine too.no worries, anytime.
do you mean this one:
Here is the SCPD AOS
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
very nice, i've got one of those...
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
Yea, stupid me I didn't copyright it but it is hard to copyright a variation of an agencies logo.very nice, i've got one of those...
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
What is a challenge coin? Is it like a unit coin that one would see in the military? I just got a new one the other day from a good friend.
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basically yes. normally though they're given out by people of rank. the challenge is when someone in a bar pulls one out, the person with the lowest "ranking" coin pays. we had a lot of fun at the bar after this year's airshow, took the knight's a while to figure out who we were.
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
I see things online about challenge coins, and how they have been around for years, and such a big deal in the military, but until a couple of years ago, I had never heard of them. We certainly didn't have any around when I was flying the tanker, maybe it just wasn't a SAC thing, but I don't remember hearing any of the fighter-types I bumped into along the way ever mention them either.
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honestly, i think it's a Navy thing. the people that i've seen them with were either active or retired navy. even saw it on TV, in the 6th season of N.C.I.S. there is an episodes where one agent brags to another that they'll never have to pay for drinks again, then produced a SECNAV coin.
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
It's big in the Air Force these days too, especially among the fighter world... I assumed challenge coins have been around for a while. I thought they were started among fliers and then eventually moved on to everyone in the military.
You can challenge someone at the bar, and if they don't have their coin they're supposed to buy your drink. If they do, you buy theirs. If you drop your coin at the bar, you're supposed to buy all drinks for everyone (regardless of if you know them or not), and if you are among a group of people and challenge them, and everyone has a coin you buy everyone drinks, but those that don't have a coin have to buy you and everyone that did have one a drink... Also, there is a "rank" system among coins. If everyone has one, then the one who has the lowest ranking coin has to buy drinks.
Personally I've never really bought into this tradition - it's mainly something the pointy nose guys get all excited about. Nowadays, since no one even goes to the o'club or squadron bars (except in the fighter world where they aren't busy like AMC flying and deploying non-stop) it's not like anyone really carries on the tradition.
I think the coins are cool memorabilia and nice to collect.
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