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New BBC Series: Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF

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Old 5th Oct 2015, 13:17
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New BBC Series: Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF

New BBC Series - Starts Sunday 11th October: Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF
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Should be able to get every RAF Pilot into one shot.
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39 Squadron?

After all, it must be a lot harder to fly when you are not actually there!
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"Should be able to get every RAF Pilot into one shot"
Question is, which calibre to use....
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Could they not have thought of a better title?
It sounds like it should be on one of those ghastly satellite channels or even worse ITV.
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Unfortunately this looks as though it is going to be yet another Red Arrows fly on the wall documentary rather than looking at front line aircrew. Pity
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Is this just another Red's fest vid?

Edit: Ah yes, so it is. How original.
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"It's not all about the pilots" has to be up there with "We're all in this together" in the pantheon of media speak.
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Chinook display team on 25th Oct
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you are right about the Reds; for most of UK it's 2100 bbc 2 Sun 11th

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Chinook display team on 25th Oct
Deffo for Chinook, but I hope it's not just the display team - excellent though they are .......

Reds ........ Chinook display ......... "Ultimate Pilots" ....... hmmmmmm - do I detect a common thread here......
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Ultimate pilots?

Since serving our time then leaving, some of us must be Britain's "extra-ultimate" pilots: Outside the RAF.
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The way things are going it will be "Britain's Penultimate Pilots"!
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By the sound of the comments, I won't be bothering to watch
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More here: New RAF documentary premieres this Sunday

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BBF one might be worth a look. I wonder if this is the new way of engaging Joe Public now that open days are a thing of the past?
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Although a nice idea I'm wondering, what about the 'ultimate pilots' of the Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps?
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lmgaylard, I can only guess that the clue to the answer to that is in the programme's title.

I don't think it's a contest.
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Okay I'll take my sarcastic hat off as it looks as though they will cover more than the Reds playing Golf and the inevitable tension as they see if they get Display Authority.

Okay, maybe I just slipped the hat back a bit.

But it does read as though they are giving other display types and ground crew a look in as well so I'll be checking it out.

And yes, even if it was just the Red Arrows I would still have watched the bloody thing.
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No chance - it clashes with Downton Abbey!
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