No live Birthday Flypast! Well done BBC!
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No live Birthday Flypast! Well done BBC!
So much more important to have Celebrity Master Chef!!!!!!
BBC = Barely British Corporation
Seething.......
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BBC = Barely British Corporation
Seething.......
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The flypast was shown on BBC News 24.
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They had a shot on BBC News 24, but Nicholas Witchell knows b*gger all about aeroplanes and talked about the rain all the time.
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I am not aircraft spotter
Isn't it shameful when the BBC reporter has not educated himself about what is in the flypast.. get this....
"and here come, erm well I think they are tornados, I am not an aircraft spotter"
"oh these are the eurofighters"
"and now we have nine aircraft in formation let's see they must be....."
duh
"yes they are the red arrows"
Someone should take him outside and remove him for not at least reading up about what he was commentating on - so much for promoting british industry! (no wonder Prince Charles said "he really is an awful person")
"and here come, erm well I think they are tornados, I am not an aircraft spotter"
"oh these are the eurofighters"
"and now we have nine aircraft in formation let's see they must be....."
duh
"yes they are the red arrows"
Someone should take him outside and remove him for not at least reading up about what he was commentating on - so much for promoting british industry! (no wonder Prince Charles said "he really is an awful person")
Well, they just did a nice flypast of BEagle Towers!
9(?) EuropHoons
VC10 + F3s
Nirmod + GR4s
Thanks all!! I'm sure that HM was impressed.
9(?) EuropHoons
VC10 + F3s
Nirmod + GR4s
Thanks all!! I'm sure that HM was impressed.
Well I had to pop out of the re-opening of my local to see the flypast. It was p!ss!ing it down but got a fab view of the VC10 and Tornado 5-ship. Missed but heard other elements. Told the landlady that I had organised a flypast for the reopening
. Thanks all, lovely to see, but still didn't get me a free beer. Well done to all involved and, as per normal, shame on the BBC!
Beags what is a Nirmod?
. Thanks all, lovely to see, but still didn't get me a free beer. Well done to all involved and, as per normal, shame on the BBC!Beags what is a Nirmod?
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Witchell referred to the 6 Typhoons as Tornados, at first, then called them Eurofighters. He called the VC10 and F3 Tornados as a Nimrod with Jaguars. When the Nimrod and the Tornado GR4s then flew by they were, "Well, here we have some other aircraft." Finally, the Reds were identified correctly only because, "The red, white and blue plumes can only come from the Red Arrows." Absolutely awful commentary.
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Playing the Devil's Advocate, I wonder how much this complete and utter waste of service time and money cost?
Planning, time and commitment by all involved, practice plus the day itself.
Compare this with the present cutbacks and what our service personnel of all ranks are having to suffer at the cost of real lives in real conflicts, I am staggered beyond belief that the whole event went ahead.
I am a great supporter of the monarchy, but the if the Royals had any spine or backbone, they would have cancelled today.
Perhaps the top neddies who run the armed services were too cowardly to even suggest such a thing, no change in policy there then...
Planning, time and commitment by all involved, practice plus the day itself.
Compare this with the present cutbacks and what our service personnel of all ranks are having to suffer at the cost of real lives in real conflicts, I am staggered beyond belief that the whole event went ahead.
I am a great supporter of the monarchy, but the if the Royals had any spine or backbone, they would have cancelled today.
Perhaps the top neddies who run the armed services were too cowardly to even suggest such a thing, no change in policy there then...
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AC Ovee said finally.....
"Absolutely awful commentary."
Aviate1138 observes....
Seeing as Mr Witchell had little else to comment on he should be given a huge rocket for his unprofessional presentation. The Royals had it right when one was heard to say "That dreadful man!" And he is a Ginger!!! Ooops so are some Royals!!!
BBC never fire, they promote instead........
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"Absolutely awful commentary."
Aviate1138 observes....
Seeing as Mr Witchell had little else to comment on he should be given a huge rocket for his unprofessional presentation. The Royals had it right when one was heard to say "That dreadful man!" And he is a Ginger!!! Ooops so are some Royals!!!
BBC never fire, they promote instead........
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Playing the Devil's Advocate, I wonder how much this complete and utter waste of service time and money cost?
Planning, time and commitment by all involved, practice plus the day itself.
Planning, time and commitment by all involved, practice plus the day itself.
So far as I am aware, the flypast is not shown live as part of the Trooping because of the gap between HM leaving Horse Guards and reaching the balcony at BP. Hence its inclusion at the end of the BBC2 precis of the Trooping, which will be on tonight between 1755 and 1910.
Pity that BBC could not have mentioned that the flypast would be on BBC News 24 at the end of the Trooping, and double pity about the poor commentary.
Sounds like BEagle got the best deal - I'd love to have seen a Nirmod!
Jack
Pity that BBC could not have mentioned that the flypast would be on BBC News 24 at the end of the Trooping, and double pity about the poor commentary.
Sounds like BEagle got the best deal - I'd love to have seen a Nirmod!
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Sadly the Beeb dispensed with his services long long before he left us. The "quality" of the commentary was just awful - lets start a campaign to get Witchell on a shopping channel where he belongs or back to Loch Ness to write another book about the monster.
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I dread to think what the BBC might do with tomorrow's Falklands fly-past;
Maybe they should get Brian Hanrahan on the case; he won't be able to tell us what the aircraft are but at least he should be able to count them as they fly past!
Maybe they should get Brian Hanrahan on the case; he won't be able to tell us what the aircraft are but at least he should be able to count them as they fly past!