Red White and Blue Voyager
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: -
Posts: 508
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by FODPlod
I’ve grown so tired of certain dreary people who delight in running our country down when we have so much to be proud of compared to most other nations. Why not indulge in an occasional act of flamboyance?
It’s simply a little gauche IMHO. Something understated would have been my own preference, but as John Q Tax-payer, I along with others merely get to foot the bill.
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Brum
Posts: 852
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by rab-k
Simply a matter of taste dear chap. Beauty is in the eye... etc.
It’s simply a little gauche IMHO. Something understated would have been my own preference, but as John Q Tax-payer, I along with others merely get to foot the bill.
It’s simply a little gauche IMHO. Something understated would have been my own preference, but as John Q Tax-payer, I along with others merely get to foot the bill.
Originally Posted by PAXboy
However, it does not really matter, as the rest of the world already knows we are banana republic.
We're not perfect, but we're not a banana republic by a very long way.
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by rab-k
Sorry, but it looks like something left over from the 2012 London Olympics which some marketing guru found on an old laptop and decided to pass off as ‘contemporary’.
Even Donald’s new-look AF01 has a more ‘professional’ dare I say ‘Stately’ look...
Even Donald’s new-look AF01 has a more ‘professional’ dare I say ‘Stately’ look...
Originally Posted by Flying Hi
Excellent!! With a minor repaint Jet2 can use it next year.
£900k for that though? My wife says I would have Solarfilmed it for half that!
(ex- R/c flyer)
£900k for that though? My wife says I would have Solarfilmed it for half that!
(ex- R/c flyer)https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles...gl3d7gP0c3q-7s
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Brum
Posts: 852
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Flying Hi
Excellent!! With a minor repaint Jet2 can use it next year.
£900k for that though? My wife says I would have Solarfilmed it for half that! (ex- R/c flyer)
£900k for that though? My wife says I would have Solarfilmed it for half that!
(ex- R/c flyer)
My god, you can please half the people all if the time and all..........Well you know the rest.
Looks quite good to me !
Now, are we going to see it at airdisplays when they return, just like the superb displays by the NZ Government 757..
Looks quite good to me !
Now, are we going to see it at airdisplays when they return, just like the superb displays by the NZ Government 757..
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Wolverhampton
Posts: 300
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Nige321
You'd have a job, Solarfilm went bust a couple of years ago...
Maybe if I keep my stash in the shed I'll get money someday on Antiques Roadshow.
How to describe the style of the new 'Boris Bus' ...
Originally Posted by rab-k
Nah....
No matter how much I stare at it, it smacks of the best efforts of the Work Experience kid. Should’ve stuck to No. 32 (TR) Sqn livery....
No matter how much I stare at it, it smacks of the best efforts of the Work Experience kid. Should’ve stuck to No. 32 (TR) Sqn livery....
I feel sorry for the crews who will have to operate this visual horror - presumably they will emplane and deplane under cover of either night or a jacket over the head?
Last edited by Strumble Head; 25th Jun 2020 at 20:39. Reason: Correct typo in t*rt's
PPRuNe Supporter
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Devon, UK
Posts: 194
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I wonder what the bit of crap that fell off the side at 2:59 in the video is. Bit of masking left on it? Seems to come from around the port horizontral stabiliser of possibly port side of teh vertical stabiliser.
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles...gl3d7gP0c3q-7s
nose photo right side outboard of engine... wtf?
and they could have filled the dent in the nose.
nose photo right side outboard of engine... wtf?
and they could have filled the dent in the nose.
Originally Posted by RAF_Techie101
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: EGKK
Age: 60
Posts: 69
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
On post 316 as the aircraft rotates a large piece of blue material appears to detach from the left wing root area and fall back onto the runway.
Could this be masking material which was not removed prior to flight?
Could this be masking material which was not removed prior to flight?
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Narfalk
Posts: 391
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Tallbloke
I wonder what the bit of crap that fell off the side at 2:59 in the video is. Bit of masking left on it? Seems to come from around the port horizontral stabiliser of possibly port side of teh vertical stabiliser.
Well the LAE that had to sign that paint job off failed his post paint inspection checks for removing all masking. God, that reminds me last year with the EJR repaints. Better not show them on here because they were tartan. May upset the St George lager brigade.
Originally Posted by Blacksheep
It's not part of the RAF tanker fleet, it's one of the "Surge" aircraft in the Air Tanker inventory that has been returned from lease from an airline that went out of business. It needed an interior refit and repaint anyway so why not assign it to the government as a VIP transport? It's not as if that was a new idea. We had a whole fleet of aircraft and two complete RAF Stations dedicated to Royal/VIP transportation when I served back in the 60s/70s. For long-haul overseas diplomacy we'd happily convert two VC10s for Royal or Prime Ministerial trips at the drop of a hat. But of course RAF airmens' labour and paint supplies are free of charge, aren't they? 
