BEagle,
I still don't understand. What made it an insult? Who did it insult - you? HM? Yep the BBC coverage may have been below average, but you just can't shut down Londons main airport with waves of aircraft. Likewise, you could put up formations of everything we have serviceable in the inventory of a 3 services, but the amount of rehearsal required would jeapordise necessary training for ops. The marching and the flypast achieved appropriate balance. Yes, it is a reflection of how much we have been cut.
Was it an insult......?
No, I'm afraid you are just plain wrong fella.