I think he liked it. : ) What was not to like? He's not as superhero nuts as my sibs and I, but he's learning. : )
In terms of the Jets, the original moniker wasn't that exciting. Our first owner loved the New York Jets, so named them after them. That being said, when the team returned this year, our new owner, Mark Chipman, knew that the city was desperate that they be the Jets again, although there was some talk of a new team/new name (being as our past franchise does still exist in Phoenix). The nostalgia of the original name won out though - so they made a connection to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Winnipeg (and Manitoba) was instrumental in training Allied pilots of the Commonwealth during World War II with the Commonwealth Air Training plan (one of Russell Crowe's first movies was about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnpIvNykI3 So the new insignia (and uniforms) are modeled on the air force and the RCAF insignia:
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Date: 2012-05-09 06:11 pm (UTC)In terms of the Jets, the original moniker wasn't that exciting. Our first owner loved the New York Jets, so named them after them. That being said, when the team returned this year, our new owner, Mark Chipman, knew that the city was desperate that they be the Jets again, although there was some talk of a new team/new name (being as our past franchise does still exist in Phoenix). The nostalgia of the original name won out though - so they made a connection to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Winnipeg (and Manitoba) was instrumental in training Allied pilots of the Commonwealth during World War II with the Commonwealth Air Training plan (one of Russell Crowe's first movies was about it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnpIvNykI3 So the new insignia (and uniforms) are modeled on the air force and the RCAF insignia:
http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=rcaf&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=763&tbm=isch&tbnid=hjW9Zxzlw0jl_M:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rcaf_roundel_old_wht.png&docid=EussA86cWZao4M&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Rcaf_roundel_old_wht.png&w=300&h=300&ei=x7KqT9WUKsLj0QGe_dGqBQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=356&vpy=188&dur=1774&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=120&ty=136&sig=112029434232971100115&page=1&tbnh=171&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:139
Here's the promo with our captain, Andrew Ladd, emphasizing the connection:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zbUeO7boM
TMI? : )