The Wedding Flypast
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The Wedding Flypast
The Telegraph is reporting that the Wedding Flypast will be a grand total of 7 aircraft, 3 of which will be BBMF. It's a sad day when this is all we can muster.
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Maybe the rest of the pilots (those not away on ops or on QRA) will be at the wedding.
If this really was "Just a wedding" there would be an extra pair of rotary pilots available.
If this really was "Just a wedding" there would be an extra pair of rotary pilots available.
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It's a sad day when this is all we can muster
Last edited by WillDAQ; 27th Apr 2011 at 17:14.
Has Prince William personally excluded Tony Bliar from the Royal Wedding?
Well, it would seem that here's one person who will have to watch the event on TV:
Has Prince William personally banned Tony Blair from the royal wedding? – Telegraph Blogs
HEALTH WARNING! LINK CONTAINS IMAGES OF THE OLEAGINOUS LITTLE $HIT BLIAR
If the Torygraph's article is true, then well done, Prince William! Good luck to you and to your delightful future wife.
Has Prince William personally banned Tony Blair from the royal wedding? – Telegraph Blogs
HEALTH WARNING! LINK CONTAINS IMAGES OF THE OLEAGINOUS LITTLE $HIT BLIAR
If the Torygraph's article is true, then well done, Prince William! Good luck to you and to your delightful future wife.
I'm mightily impressed with the calibre of Grumpy Old Men on here.
Some complain that a pilot (Royal or not) has a day off at his own wedding, or his brother's, or a squadron mate's. Then some whinge that the Royal is only a Flt Lt, others will soon whinge about the cost of the BBMF. Then some are complaining that not EVERYONE is out sweating in the desert (or dare I say hotels in the Med). Allah be praised that some of you have left the military...
Next thing you'll be crying that you've only got one day off, or that the 3D television coverage don't work on your old Black and White Tube Machine, or that you weren't invited.
Give the guy (and lucky gal) a break.
Some complain that a pilot (Royal or not) has a day off at his own wedding, or his brother's, or a squadron mate's. Then some whinge that the Royal is only a Flt Lt, others will soon whinge about the cost of the BBMF. Then some are complaining that not EVERYONE is out sweating in the desert (or dare I say hotels in the Med). Allah be praised that some of you have left the military...
Next thing you'll be crying that you've only got one day off, or that the 3D television coverage don't work on your old Black and White Tube Machine, or that you weren't invited.
Give the guy (and lucky gal) a break.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Oh stop moaning.
Anyway I am looking forward to a nice quite day without the nagger. Last time I managed to day-return to Cherbourg and back in time to splice the mainbrace.
This time I will have to make do with a beer in the garden shed.
Anyway I am looking forward to a nice quite day without the nagger. Last time I managed to day-return to Cherbourg and back in time to splice the mainbrace.
This time I will have to make do with a beer in the garden shed.
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Bl88dy H3ll, Beags. Good job I've got a spare monitor... Objects such as that should be banned
Well done indeed, sir
Airspace Co-ordination Notice - Royal Wedding Flypast - Buckingham Palace 29 April 2011
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1122564...yalWedding.pdf
TJ
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1122564...yalWedding.pdf
TJ
For the Grumpy old PPruners
I posted this on the other Royal Wedding Flypast thread about 3 weeks ago:
Bah humbug, grumble grumble...biggest public event for 30 years....a day we'll all remember...grumble grumble....I remember seeing Kate and Wills, gosh they looked so young then...a huge waste of public money....spend it on schools...it was great to see BBMF and operational aircraft, mind you, no Harriers....he was a proper pilot, he was....those days we could get a 1000 soldiers lining the route....tears in me eyes....grumble grumble...waste of my day off....Charles and Di? yes I remember that day too....proper street party in them days....'elf and safety...waste of money....made you proud to be British....we could really do them events in those days....grumble grumble....didn't get TOIL...bloody asylum seekers...the RAF was 41,000 strong then...could fit'em in me local sports centre now....waste of money...all them horses an' manure...who'll pay for that lot, eh? Aye, was a grand day...bloody bands? Who need's em....bloody Army....ad nauseum
Well, I'm looking forward to it - off to help host a diplomatic reception tomorrow: good food and wine and some amazingly eager locals and expats who would put many UK-based people to shamewith their fervour!
Last edited by Whenurhappy; 28th Apr 2011 at 07:11.
Couldn't the flypast be outsourced to some other organisation with fewer current commitments
Are the Reds planning a last-minute sneaky crowd-pleasing appearance (like when we won the Olympics), or haven't they got their display authority yet?
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Well, it would seem that here's one person who will have to watch the event on TV:
Has Prince William personally banned Tony Blair from the royal wedding? – Telegraph Blogs
HEALTH WARNING! LINK CONTAINS IMAGES OF THE OLEAGINOUS LITTLE $HIT BLIAR
If the Torygraph's article is true, then well done, Prince William! Good luck to you and to your delightful future wife.
Has Prince William personally banned Tony Blair from the royal wedding? – Telegraph Blogs
HEALTH WARNING! LINK CONTAINS IMAGES OF THE OLEAGINOUS LITTLE $HIT BLIAR
If the Torygraph's article is true, then well done, Prince William! Good luck to you and to your delightful future wife.
I used to be a republican until I read this.
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Near the middle of page 8 the ditribution list includes Western Radar.
Ah, that takes me back, maybe, just maybe in this shrinking airforce, all of old units will make a comeback.
Ah, that takes me back, maybe, just maybe in this shrinking airforce, all of old units will make a comeback.