Boys, just take a look at the top brass at the museum!!!!!! Says it all!!!👿
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So, reading the list I see we have a black man (sorry, man of colour), a gay man, a woman, a disabled man, - what a flipping contrived list. They missed a trick though in leaving Paddy Finucane off the list - they could have got the Irish in as well!
God save us :ugh: |
Indeed, utter diversity tokenism....:yuk:
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I could only see two Trustees who had ever flown an aeroplane in the Service. None in senior management. I think only
three in either of the above who'd served in the Service at all |
Why donīt we start a campaign voting in favor of "Rockfist Rogan"
How we larfed when he won:E |
I did quite enjoy a visit to the museum but I can think of no reason to continue! I have never come across such a crass idea in my life and I have seen a few! (Ideas, that is!)
Bill |
Originally Posted by BEagle
(Post 9890866)
Indeed, utter diversity tokenism....:yuk:
Also, beyond the curators, it appears that those nominating the candidates have been chosen because based on their area of expertise/authorship, they would nominate a gay man (Stephen Bourne), or a Jamaican (Mark Collins), or... Conspicuous by absence are any recognised historians of the RAF - Stephen Bungay, Dilip Sarkar, Philip Sabin, Tony Mason, Richard Overy (or even Max Hastings or Dan Snow). While the historians might have come up with a list of three (although I suspect not), even that risk would be militated by the curators' choices. And all of that, of course, is without pondering the wisdom of the RAFM attempting to turn itself into some sort of museum version of Great British Dancing on Ice Bake Off Factor, or the slightly tacky 'reward' for the winner of the vote of being memorialised in cardboard. If that is to be the fate of those nominated, it would seem rather better - but entirely out of keeping with the dumbed-down approach to museum curating these days - to provide a series of information boards about all of them, showing the range of pilots the Spit had during the war, and fulfilling the intention far more effectively than this piece of crassness... Edit - you can even vote for more than one person at a time on the Telegraph webpage! |
More proof metaphorically, if it was needed, that the monkeys having been running the zoo for quite some time now.
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Why just a Spitfire? Why a Mk.V and not a Mk.1A? Why not a Hurricane?
How about The People's Beverley Pilot? How about The People's Air Electronics Operator? or, The People's Aircraft Fitter (Airframe)? It's all a load of Bollocks. |
Originally Posted by Blacksheep
(Post 9891434)
Why just a Spitfire? Why a Mk.V and not a Mk.1A? Why not a Hurricane?
How about The People's Beverley Pilot? How about The People's Air Electronics Operator? or, The People's Aircraft Fitter (Airframe)? It's all a load of Bollocks. |
Not even a mention of `Ginger` Lacey..
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The sad thing is that these people are serious: my first thought was "is it April First?" and my second was that Private Eye had gone off the boil.
Anyway, I want to be The People's Met Man. Please PM me if you would consider voting for me and I will send you a 4000 word justification. |
They will be asking of nominees for I Was A Spitfire Pilot Get Me Out Of Here next.
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Having read the comments here, and in the historic section, and on other forums regarding this vote, I believe that we should all take the p*ss and vote for:-
Squadron Leader Spitty McSpitface Worked with naming a boat, didn't it.....?? Pass it on..... |
Originally Posted by Shack37
(Post 9890961)
Why donīt we start a campaign voting in favor of "Rockfist Rogan"
How we larfed when he won:E |
Squadron Leader Spitty McSpitface |
Whereas I concur with the main trust of the comments here, if you want an example of 'dumbing down' to the nth degree, have you been to the Imperial War Museum (London) recently???? I believe Ģ14m spent to turn it into a temple of sanctimonious PC claptrap...
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I believe HCAP(sic) have put their weight behind TCT for this accolade.
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Originally Posted by kghjfg
(Post 9891792)
I believe HCAP(sic) have put their weight behind TCT for this accolade.
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TCT flew round the world solo in a Mk V, y'know. She's got a medal for it and everfink. The FAA (no, not that FAA, silly) even made her a Commander or a Rear Admiral or something.
She developed and patented a cardboard cutout of her own, but that was to protect her nose which somehow kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger every time she gave a talk about her round the world solo exploits in a Spitfire without an iPad. OK, so it was a two-seat Mk V, but that's 'cos it was an 'outreach' project. Just don't mention the Austrian bloke, though. I did once, but I think I got away with it. |
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