View Full Version : "Name on a plane" - ideas for unsuitable RAFAT sponsors?
£25k seems dirt cheap. I guess it had to happen. What next?
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Red-Arrows-plane-pay-30-25-000/story-29039039-detail/story.html
BEagle
3rd Apr 2016, 08:19
Awful demeaning idea...:mad:
What's next - "For only £10000 you can get your name on a bomb to be dropped on daesh?"
spekesoftly
3rd Apr 2016, 09:27
A1 R,
Suggest the title of your post is a tad misleading. Isn't this about raising funds for the RAF Museum at Cosford, not RAFAT sponsorship?
Fair point. To the casual and untrained eye though, there's fag paper thinness about the difference. Does it matter where the money's going to, however noble the cause?
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Archimedes
3rd Apr 2016, 12:08
I wonder whether Cdr N D MacCartan-Ward DSC AFC will be signing up for the basic package, or one of the more expensive ones?
Wander00
3rd Apr 2016, 12:14
"Virgin"................
Willard Whyte
3rd Apr 2016, 15:19
The Bin Laden family were not averse to a bit of sponsoring...
https://desdelapelouse.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/williams-1980-bin-laden-detalle.jpg
charliegolf
3rd Apr 2016, 15:29
Is, "BAROOM", Arabic for "BOOM!"?
CG
TheWestCoast
3rd Apr 2016, 16:26
Not sure what the objection to this would be - seems like a pretty good way to raise some cash for a good cause done in a reasonable fashion.
incubus
3rd Apr 2016, 19:43
Is, "BAROOM", Arabic for "BOOM!"?
I think it is Old Entish; not sure of the translation.
VinRouge
3rd Apr 2016, 21:20
Planey McPlaneface?
Wrathmonk
3rd Apr 2016, 21:58
A good way to raise money and can be done in a way where unless you are up really close you can't tell.
Bloodhound SSC has done it ...
Composite Club | BLOODHOUND SSC (http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/sponsors/composite-stripe-sponsors)
and I seem to remember one of the F1 teams did it as a one off - you paid £'x' and got your name (in small letters on the rear wing (I think)).
Tashengurt
4th Apr 2016, 00:10
I paid 20 or so quid to get my lads name on the Bloodhound.
They'll never see them but it serves to give them a point of interest.
AGS Man
4th Apr 2016, 05:29
Well if Durex sponsor it I hope it doesn't blow a tyre!
Background Noise
4th Apr 2016, 08:21
"Name on a plane" - commercial sponsorship soon to be appearing on RAFAT airframes?
£25k seems dirt cheap.
Not quite:
For as little as £30 - or as much as £25,000 - you can pay to have a name on the undercarriage..
If that bit is accurate, £25k for your name hidden somewhere in the undercarriage bay is not quite commercial sponsorship, unless you are hoping to advertise to lineys.
glad rag
4th Apr 2016, 08:52
" # Fly Navy "
Wensleydale
4th Apr 2016, 08:57
It may prove cheaper to change your name by deed-pole to "Ejection Seat" which will get your name on lots of aircraft!!
http://thumbs4.picclick.com/d/w1600/pict/181205542427_/Danger-Ejection-Seat-sticker-decal-vinyl-car-chair.jpg
airborne_artist
4th Apr 2016, 11:32
I expect that Commander Nigel Ward DSC AFC will be popping his cheque in the post. ;)
RAFEngO74to09
4th Apr 2016, 23:32
If only the Red Arrows were as popular as NASCAR then the money could be rolling in to buy a few V-22s !
Primary sponsor: $5M > $30M (per car)
Secondary sponsors: $250K > $2M (per car)
Explaining the difference in sponsors (http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/nascar-nation/nascar-edu/nascar-basic/sponsors-levels-placement-cars.html)
NutLoose
5th Apr 2016, 00:37
Wensleydale I was reading about a chap n the states who had a really awkward name so changed it to null as he liked the sound of it, he then found that he was getting stuff for free as hotels etc when punching the name into the computers were reading it as name not known so we're not billing him lol.
NutLoose
5th Apr 2016, 00:42
I suppose you could adorn a dead sparrow with "Brought to you by The Blue Angels, the premier display team" etc as a corporate sponsorship
Out Of Trim
5th Apr 2016, 01:14
How about, Sponsored by Isis...
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Boat Club!
Just think of the paint job if 'Pizza Hut' sponsored the AWACS! ;)
BossEyed
6th Apr 2016, 15:19
http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Humor/corporate_jet.jpg
Willard Whyte
6th Apr 2016, 22:35
If only the Red Arrows were as popular as NASCAR then the money could be rolling in to buy a few V-22s !
Primary sponsor: $5M > $30M (per car)
Secondary sponsors: $250K > $2M (per car)
Yeah, but NASCAR is actually exciting to watch. Trust me (but I know folk won't) it's a truly visceral thrill when there in person.