Re Air Marshals, I was confused to read a report about sky marshals, the undercover armed agents placed on flights to prevent hijacking incidents. The reporter referred to them as air marshals and I thought this an odd job for a VSO - particularly as his much braided uniform and the scrambled egg on his hat might well draw attention to himself.

Good to see the BBC News Channel's marking of the centenary this Sunday morning.

Quite.

There were also 'par' times. Although the allowed time from 15 to 05 was obviously 10 minutes, a crew that greatly exceeded the par time, say 4 min 30 sec, had to explain why.

Serving abroad...
 

Currently can't access the Beeb to watch..can anyone point me toward another way to watch it?

Can you get BBC Iplayer on t'interweb?

Using a vpn, but Iplayer knows I am not in uk.

Huey:-
Some BBC coverage of the RAF Centenary can be found on YouTube by searching there for "BBC RAF". Last night's offering was very educational, implying that Douglas Bader was AOC 12 Group during the BoB. The things you learn!

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bbc+raf

Edited to add that the 360 degree Tornado video defaulted to a very low definition for me, so I had to tweak it up to HD on the settings button, bottom RHS of the youtube screen

Even if it takes an unwashed antipodean to tell you what MRCA stands for, here goes- (and thank you Uncle Roger) -

MRCA - Mother Reilly's Cardboard Aeroplane

a.k.a. Must Refurbish Canberra (Again)

Thanks
 

Eventually got it on youtoooob. Put a big smile on this face. Nicely done.

Haraka - seconded.....

I couldn't wait any longer and watched the damn thing and it confirm this wasn't a celebration of 100 years of the RAF. it was a :mad:showreel for the brothers McGregor.

BBC iPlayer has a far more watchable "Battle of Britain" from 19 Sept last, with the McGregor brothers.

MRCA = Must Reopen Chivenor Again

And they did! For a brief few years until it was squaddified, like many RAF stations in the nicer parts of the UK...:mad: