con-pilot
22nd Oct 2006, 03:01
I may, just may mind you, have one of the the rarest photograph of modern time.
It is a picture of a Concorde and a Spitfire in formation over the cliffs of dover. It is 12 by 14 inches. The middle of the photo is divided by the green grass and the white chalk of the cliffs.
In the picture the white Concorde over the green grass has a very high angle of attack and the Spitfire over the white cliffs has a slightly elevated angle of attack and is in a right bank of about 20 degrees.
A very good English friend gave me this photo for our wedding present. She said that there were only 5 copies.
On the back of the photo there is the Royal Seal with the copy-write and the statement that this photo can never be copied without HRM's permission.
My wife and I received this picture 16 years ago. I have never seen a copy of this picture anywhere, including museums in the US or the UK. Nor on the Internet.
So, do I have the real thing, or was my friend kidding us?
Oh, sorry, the other four copies belong to the Royal Family, the "Times" (of London of course), my friend and the photographer.
PS, It's for sale, if real, for no less than one million pounds. Just kidding, I would never lose possession of this photo. As I have told my wife, if the house ever catches on fire the first thing I will save is that picture.
It is a picture of a Concorde and a Spitfire in formation over the cliffs of dover. It is 12 by 14 inches. The middle of the photo is divided by the green grass and the white chalk of the cliffs.
In the picture the white Concorde over the green grass has a very high angle of attack and the Spitfire over the white cliffs has a slightly elevated angle of attack and is in a right bank of about 20 degrees.
A very good English friend gave me this photo for our wedding present. She said that there were only 5 copies.
On the back of the photo there is the Royal Seal with the copy-write and the statement that this photo can never be copied without HRM's permission.
My wife and I received this picture 16 years ago. I have never seen a copy of this picture anywhere, including museums in the US or the UK. Nor on the Internet.
So, do I have the real thing, or was my friend kidding us?
Oh, sorry, the other four copies belong to the Royal Family, the "Times" (of London of course), my friend and the photographer.
PS, It's for sale, if real, for no less than one million pounds. Just kidding, I would never lose possession of this photo. As I have told my wife, if the house ever catches on fire the first thing I will save is that picture.