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I'm surprised no-one here has congratulated the pilots in the EIIR Tucano flypast.
As an ex-'occasional' formater and partaker in those great, thrashing, numbers flypasts too, the shot I saw on tele' was EXCELLENT.
Well done to all, leaders, formaters, planners, whippers, groundcrew etc etc. (Not forgetting the Authorising Officer!)
As an ex-'occasional' formater and partaker in those great, thrashing, numbers flypasts too, the shot I saw on tele' was EXCELLENT.
Well done to all, leaders, formaters, planners, whippers, groundcrew etc etc. (Not forgetting the Authorising Officer!)
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Should we be more impressed that so many managed to get into air at any one time?
I read the other day that King George VIth had to stand for 6 hours watching the RN sail past at some celebration or other, while the best Grey Funnel lines could muster last week was 4 ships. 'Says more about our political masters than about our veritable fishy-types tho.
I read the other day that King George VIth had to stand for 6 hours watching the RN sail past at some celebration or other, while the best Grey Funnel lines could muster last week was 4 ships. 'Says more about our political masters than about our veritable fishy-types tho.
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Call me a traitor but I for one am glad we didn't hold a fleet review this year.
In 1953 the review was 197 RN warships - most of which were reserve fleet ships towed into position without a proper crew, towed back and scrapped !
1977 a similar situation occurred with 112 ships.
The RN today has around 129 ships plus tugs etc. So yes if we recalled every ship we had we could put on a decent (say 100 ship) review. BUT WHY WOULD WE WANT TO?????
I can think of 101 better uses for our ships than watching them line up and cheer ship - you know boring things like taking part in the war on terror or disaster relief. The RN could have held a decent fleet review but sensibly in my opinion chose not to. Thank god for that I say!!
On a completely unrelated note - I was vv impressed by the RAF parachute team that were jumping over RMCS / JSCSC last night - great show, flyby by the C130 was even better
In 1953 the review was 197 RN warships - most of which were reserve fleet ships towed into position without a proper crew, towed back and scrapped !
1977 a similar situation occurred with 112 ships.
The RN today has around 129 ships plus tugs etc. So yes if we recalled every ship we had we could put on a decent (say 100 ship) review. BUT WHY WOULD WE WANT TO?????
I can think of 101 better uses for our ships than watching them line up and cheer ship - you know boring things like taking part in the war on terror or disaster relief. The RN could have held a decent fleet review but sensibly in my opinion chose not to. Thank god for that I say!!
On a completely unrelated note - I was vv impressed by the RAF parachute team that were jumping over RMCS / JSCSC last night - great show, flyby by the C130 was even better
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How about we send the Royal's a brochure every few years with pictures of our ships and planes. That way we can carry on using them in those dratted wars that keep cropping up.
I suggest a supplement akin to those found in the Daily Mail.
I suggest a supplement akin to those found in the Daily Mail.
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A flyby by a herc at Shriv? It was a J model as i believe as they came in to Brize yesterday. Its good to see the J flying at Low Level at last - is this well known - maybe their clearances arecoming quicker than we first thought!?
A flyby by a herc at Shriv? It was a J model as i believe as they came in to Brize yesterday. Its good to see the J flying at Low Level at last - is this well known - maybe their clearances arecoming quicker than we first thought!?
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Don't have a clue what model it was - all i know is it looked like a herc that was flying 30feet above my head
Very impressive sight though - I think it was the falcons or whatever the name of the RAF parachute team is as well that were around. Very impressive show though chaps.
Very impressive sight though - I think it was the falcons or whatever the name of the RAF parachute team is as well that were around. Very impressive show though chaps.
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I remember the last EIIR I saw at Abingdon in '77 - seem to remember it was JPs and one of them [bottm of the stroke on the 'R' IIRC being a tad out of spacing. All the purists tutted while YHM beamed.
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The RAF Falcons did indeed do a cracking good display to open the JSCSC Purple Ball. The flypast (90 degrees off from the windline and display run in - nice one!) was the icing on the cake.
Shame the 2 girlies can't jump coz they are too light for the team's parachutes and smaller 'chutes cannot be made available but thats another issue.
Cracking show, I'm alive and I wish I could remember the rest of the words. Tum de tum, tum de tum etc
Shame the 2 girlies can't jump coz they are too light for the team's parachutes and smaller 'chutes cannot be made available but thats another issue.
Cracking show, I'm alive and I wish I could remember the rest of the words. Tum de tum, tum de tum etc