RAF 100 website
 

The RAF has a new website to mark the 100 year anniversary in 2018.
They are asking for ideas on how to mark it.....
Your ideas - RAF100
mmitch.

I sent them an idea - sort out Air Cadet gliding.....................

Turn back the clock to the seventies, bring back the cold war, re-open RAFG.
I'd volunteer even at my age. :ok:

A centenary flypast of the every aircraft in the RAF.

Mind you once they've both flown past I'm not sure what to suggest as a follow up :*

I've sent mine in.
My guess is that it is likely to be totally unacceptable since it involves aircraft: so I fear we will probably end up with something like a commemorative issue of postage stamps, followed by a celebratory cross-country run and parade at Cranwell.
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Not forgetting the inevitable ("Stars" Only) Royal reception in the evening of course : with a couple of very old veterans wheeled out by the organisers in order to make the other distinguished attendees feel nice and warm inside. :)

Maybe they might get a sneak preview of the shiny new jet for 617 Sqn....

As they only have 3 years left till the OSD we might have enough Tornados left.

As for a 100 aircraft flypast we might have enough :(

V1

Turn back the clock to the seventies, bring back the cold war, re-open RAFG.

Better still, turn the clock back to the status quo prior to 1 April 1918....:E

Jack

Medals for everyone!

Maybe look back to the 10th Century and see how a proper service celebrated their first one hundred years :-)

I think a formation of Tutors should overfly London, spelling out 100 on the 1st of April


Also there should be fancy logo designed.


Oh and a mission statement too.

Whatever they do I hope they have sense enough to hold it on the 2nd of April, holding it on the 1st would just make the majority of people think it was a prank...

Fly past......
 

All these doom merchants - We have plenty of aircraft to crack the '100' fly past - just have to stick to using Roman Numerals!! Do we have 6 Tutors?

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Having looked at that website, not using juvenile and illegible fonts would be a good start.

They could use the Fleet Air Arm's Centenary website from 2009 as a model.

One hopes that those responsible for organising RAF100 will remember this farce:

http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...adventure.html

And that was back when the RAF even had a few more aircraft types....

Still, RAF100 has one of those cringeworthy mission statements (or are they called visions now?): Commemoration Celebration Inspiration :yuk:

Sound like something from the old Fry's Five Boys chocolate wrapper: Desperation Pacification Expectation Acclamation Realisation.

Or even 'Strength Through Joy'?

For one brief moment I thought the RAF was setting up a '100 Club' to help with their finances :p

In the spirit of the standard (in days gone by, no idea if it still happens) 'well done' from some vso of some sort, how about an extra half a day's leave?

Lots of spitfires will be involved I venture....

Massive London flypast surely, perhaps with a live link to the latest Tornado/typhoon/MQ9 drop in the Middle East...

Some ideas from the other side of the pond:

Official video with an inspirational blend of heritage and modern content:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIOdv32uqPg

Get a music personality to write and record a tribute - 2nd thoughts - probably wouldn't work as well in the UK as over here but raises a smile for those that appreciate air power nevertheless:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShngtWv298

Does the '100' bit refer to the number of OBEs this project is going to generate?