RAF 100 years commemoration
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I came past RAF Bramton today and there was a banner up outside proclaiming 100 years of the RAF.
Wikipedia says that not due until 1st April 2018 so I assumed they must be counting the RFC or something...but on checking I find that was in 1912. The only event I can find in 1908 was Cody's flights at Farnborough (site was marked by a plastic tree last I was there).
So when is the official 100th aniversary? Are there any events planned? Wouldn't want to miss a good show.
Wikipedia says that not due until 1st April 2018 so I assumed they must be counting the RFC or something...but on checking I find that was in 1912. The only event I can find in 1908 was Cody's flights at Farnborough (site was marked by a plastic tree last I was there).
So when is the official 100th aniversary? Are there any events planned? Wouldn't want to miss a good show.
Any rumours?
ACAS - Ted Stringer has the lead. Why don't you give his PSO a call and ask?
LJ
ACAS - Ted Stringer has the lead. Why don't you give his PSO a call and ask?
LJ
Royal Air Force One Hundred
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Royal Air Force One Hundred is the collective banner under which all RAF Centenary events will fall. Under the leadership of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Edward Stringer, RAF 100 was formally launched at RAF Northolt on Friday 28th February 2014. As this broad Project develops, full details will be reported here.
'Commerate, Celebrate and Innovate'
Royal Air Force One Hundred is the collective banner under which all RAF Centenary events will fall. Under the leadership of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Edward Stringer, RAF 100 was formally launched at RAF Northolt on Friday 28th February 2014. As this broad Project develops, full details will be reported here.
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Royal Air Force One Hundred
'Commerate, Celebrate and Innovate'
Royal Air Force One Hundred is the collective banner under which all RAF Centenary events will fall. Under the leadership of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Edward Stringer, RAF 100 was formally launched at RAF Northolt on Friday 28th February 2014. As this broad Project develops, full details will be reported here.
'Commerate, Celebrate and Innovate'
Royal Air Force One Hundred is the collective banner under which all RAF Centenary events will fall. Under the leadership of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Edward Stringer, RAF 100 was formally launched at RAF Northolt on Friday 28th February 2014. As this broad Project develops, full details will be reported here.
Doesn't bode well if the publicist can't spell Air Vice-Marshal.
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I feel nauseous already. A ghastly motto from the money-making PR-speak people. I think we can see how the event will go:-
A "C" formation of Hawks over the Mall on HM's birthday (there won't be enough avaialble aircraft to spell-out "100"). Rest of flypast comprising of a Voyager, flanked by two F-35s, presumably from Boscombe Down
The final public display by the Red Arrows, timed to mark the RAF's anniversary, and coinciding with the expiry of the remaining hours on the Hawks.
A "special theme" at RIAT, comprising of a Red Arrows flypast, a Typhoon display and a static line-up of museum/civil aircraft tracing the RAF's history on the cheap.
A special magazine from Key Publishing with lots of stock images we've seen a million times before, and some new photos of er... Typhoons. Lots of articles on how forward-thinking and progressive today's RAF is, and some old photos of Spitfires and biplanes.
A couple of new books that look suspiciously like every other "Big Book of the RAF" but with rather fewer good photographs, as the publishers will not be able to find the money to pay the reproduction fees that RAFM and IWM now charge for photographs that used to be free.
Some exciting new RAF merchandising - track suit, socks, baseball cap, pencil sharpener.
Plus a special BBC programme hosted by John Sergeant, in which he enthuses in a slightly pointless fashion over nothing in particular. Then he flies in some ghastly civilian twin-prop along side a Typhoon, whilst making more fatuous comments. The remaining seventy percent of the programme will comprise of interviews with "the people who made the Royal Air Force" (ie cheap vox pops).
Think that's a fairly accurate run-down of what will happen
I feel nauseous already. A ghastly motto from the money-making PR-speak people. I think we can see how the event will go:-
A "C" formation of Hawks over the Mall on HM's birthday (there won't be enough avaialble aircraft to spell-out "100"). Rest of flypast comprising of a Voyager, flanked by two F-35s, presumably from Boscombe Down
The final public display by the Red Arrows, timed to mark the RAF's anniversary, and coinciding with the expiry of the remaining hours on the Hawks.
A "special theme" at RIAT, comprising of a Red Arrows flypast, a Typhoon display and a static line-up of museum/civil aircraft tracing the RAF's history on the cheap.
A special magazine from Key Publishing with lots of stock images we've seen a million times before, and some new photos of er... Typhoons. Lots of articles on how forward-thinking and progressive today's RAF is, and some old photos of Spitfires and biplanes.
A couple of new books that look suspiciously like every other "Big Book of the RAF" but with rather fewer good photographs, as the publishers will not be able to find the money to pay the reproduction fees that RAFM and IWM now charge for photographs that used to be free.
Some exciting new RAF merchandising - track suit, socks, baseball cap, pencil sharpener.
Plus a special BBC programme hosted by John Sergeant, in which he enthuses in a slightly pointless fashion over nothing in particular. Then he flies in some ghastly civilian twin-prop along side a Typhoon, whilst making more fatuous comments. The remaining seventy percent of the programme will comprise of interviews with "the people who made the Royal Air Force" (ie cheap vox pops).
Think that's a fairly accurate run-down of what will happen
If things go to plan (a change of government might affect this), you might be pleasantly surprised, WH904, at least if what I've heard about it transpires.
It might be Dan Snow, for a start... [not really]
