New aviation award
 

In light of the publicity attaching to the HCAP award discussed at such length in another thread and which seems to have lost some of it's lustre and exclusivity: I thought I might suggest the creation of a prestigious new award for Combined Achievements in Aviation and Fiction along the lines of the Golden Raspberry award bestowed on deserving recipients in the movie industry.

In keeping with the fruity motif: I though we could call it the Golden Prune, and clearly it would quickly become the most desirable award in the aviation World.

Initial candidates might include:

Ms Tracy Curtis-Taylor for services to solo flight using traditional navigation (and fiction) with special mention for Awful Alliteration for her Bird in a Biplane tag.

Mr Robert Weaver for services to ferry flying (and fiction) with special mention for his achievement in ferrying a Seneca onto a glacier.

Mr Kevin Crellin aka David Henderson for services to unmasking fraudsters (and fiction) with special mention for his acclaimed bravura performance at Oxford Crown Court, which has already been honoured with an invitation to reside at Her Majesty's pleasure.

I am sure that, once this highly desirable award becomes public, there will be many other candidates fighting for the honour of being the first recipient.

Who have I forgotten?

Bravo, @Jonzarno, an excellent initiative. Please take my critical side-thoughts on the positive side, as always:

-) to start with the obvious: what will be the content of the proposed trophy? My vote would be for something unique and worth remembering - a voucher for - say - 500 litres of the soon-to-be-forgotten Total UL91?

-) at least as exciting: who will be bestowing the honours? The president-of-ceremonies ought to have some relation to aviation, and some degree of noble blood. But I do not doubt the British crown can dispatch somebody suitable and exciting enough. OTOH it should be possible to locate the last descendant of some prince or duchess of Transdunabia or Inner Galicia who was involved in the first local aviation experiments, to add international glamour to the event.

-) naming: not bad, your idea, but in this here 21st century it ought to be a single word, so make that the GoldenPrune, GP for short.

Given the fictional element of qualification, perhaps GildedPrune might be more appropriate?

David Cundell, hunting for all those Burmese Spitfires in their crates, deserves at least a 'Highly Commended'.

He's still at it: Hunt for legendary Spitfires buried in Burma is back on - Birmingham Mail

Not the worst idea I've heard this year. You might look at the Ig-nobel awards as a model.

"Golden Prune" seems particularly apposite.

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