Platinum Jubilee Fly Past
Well Done to all the aircrew, supervisors and authorisers of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Fly Past. Well executed, spot on timing and safely flown.
The two outstanding things for me: the roar of the Merlin engines from the BBMF and an excellent 70 formation from the Typhoons. Brought back memories of when I was privileged to carry the standard for 30 Sqn at the 75th anniversary of the RAF and the Red Arrows flew a 75 formation. The RAF might be the junior Service, but what we do, we do very well! |
Fully agree on the Flypast. The 70 was VERY well done.
And the Parade was noticeably better than recent years. Excellent dressing, drill and timing all round. God Bless our gracious Queen. |
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Her absence from Horseguards was sad, obvs; but more than compensated for by the march down (up?) the Mall for the troops to say, "Hi Boss".
CG |
Great work by all three services involved in the flypast, but why oh why can't the BBC comment accurately? Huw Edwards made an absolute horlicks of the entire flypast, ignoring the Texans, describing the C-17/A400 as 'Poseidon', and even getting the number of Spitfires and Lightnings wrong! Give the job to a proper professional!
|
GIve HE a break Mr Roome. He's only being paid a paltry £120k for reading an autocue........
|
HE always has a retired Guards Officer alongside him for the parade to keep him straight. Why not have someone who knows a C17 from a P8 with him for the fly past?
Very well done to everyone though, a great morning to watch on TV, sorry I couldn’t be in London. |
Originally Posted by bobward
(Post 11239584)
GIve HE a break Mr Roome. He's only being paid a paltry £120k for reading an autocue........
|
Originally Posted by Nil_Drift
(Post 11239548)
Well Done to all the aircrew, supervisors and authorisers of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Fly Past. Well executed, spot on timing and safely flown.
The two outstanding things for me: the roar of the Merlin engines from the BBMF and an excellent 70 formation from the Typhoons. Brought back memories of when I was privileged to carry the standard for 30 Sqn at the 75th anniversary of the RAF and the Red Arrows flew a 75 formation. The RAF might be the junior Service, but what we do, we do very well! |
Well I dont get it. Like many we studied the zoomable maps to see a fly past........2 aircraft went past over the route at Chertsey in Surrey. A flock of helicopters then went sounth of the route by some 2 to 3 miles, disappointing the crowd that had gathered on the playing fields directly below the flight path. Given the lack of accuracy one can ony believe Ukraine would be in danger if we sent our flyboys.....
|
Sorry Bobward, try £425k + for HE.
I fully agree thatt his presentation was dreadful! |
Originally Posted by punkieys17
(Post 11239609)
Well I dont get it. Like many we studied the zoomable maps to see a fly past........2 aircraft went past over the route at Chertsey in Surrey. A flock of helicopters then went sounth of the route by some 2 to 3 miles, disappointing the crowd that had gathered on the playing fields directly below the flight path. Given the lack of accuracy one can ony believe Ukraine would be in danger if we sent our flyboys.....
|
Originally Posted by Timelord
(Post 11239618)
Re routing due to weather, or to make up / loose time or for any one of a number of reasons to make the Buckingham Palace datum on track on time, which they did perfectly. Sadly your playing field was not their priority. No need to insult the crews.
Indeed, routes may have been needed to be changed for timings etc. Only important thing was aircraft in the right place at the right time over central London. Well done to all the guys (and girls) flying and all the groundcrews/ops and others at the various Stations to generate the formations. 70 was good, did look a little bumpy out there, great skills. |
Great job by all involved.
I don't think Huw Edwards was helped by the chopping and changing the Director was doing, at times the flicking between the differing sources was airsick inducing. If he'd stuck to a single camera together with a shot of the balcony it would have been better all round. That said, an RAF expert to assist/narrate would have covered all the bases. |
Originally Posted by 2Planks
(Post 11239637)
Great job by all involved.
I don't think Huw Edwards was helped by the chopping and changing the Director was doing, at times the flicking between the differing sources was airsick inducing. If he'd stuck to a single camera together with a shot of the balcony it would have been better all round. That said, an RAF expert to assist/narrate would have covered all the bases. |
And his overuse of the word smart during the parade. Irritating automaton!
|
Originally Posted by Cat Techie
(Post 11239638)
Concur. The direction of filming of the flypast as usual by the BBC director was rubbish.
|
One can only hope on to her 80th anniversary.
|
Originally Posted by MPN11
(Post 11239554)
Fully agree on the Flypast. The 70 was VERY well done.
:ugh: |
And on the BBC News website, the silhouette of the Texan shows a very pretty Harvard...
Quite why the media do such a lousy job with anything aviation-related beats me, and Huw Edwards's outrageous salary is totally beyond justification. |
Originally Posted by Timelord
(Post 11239618)
Re routing due to weather, or to make up / loose time or for any one of a number of reasons to make the Buckingham Palace datum on track on time, which they did perfectly. Sadly your playing field was not their priority, actually, not even part of their task. No need to insult the crews.
|
Salute!
From a colonist, I don't see a good video here of the flyby from one of the many of the Queen's subjects regularly posting here. Gums wonders.... |
Great flypast especially the 70. Just wish they would give the Guards a proper drill rifle. Those short rifles look awkward.
Sadly I'm the only house with bunting and flags out where I live. |
Originally Posted by STENDEC North
(Post 11239654)
Totally agree, RAF did themselves proud today, well done everyone. Crews did a wonderful job of timing all of the various components, BZ.
|
Originally Posted by Underfoot
(Post 11239606)
Let's not forget the ground crew... An incredible effort getting all of those aircraft, plus spares, ready for the flypast.
I'm glad that with all the rules and regs of the day that nobody switched off any part of the display, particularly the BBMF. |
Well done to everyone. Must have been a bumpy ride with all that Cu around but that 70 was perfection !
|
Only 3 posts before the whining about the commentary starts. Are the members of the OFC slowing down a bit? "Chunter chunter, Raymond Baxter's day, grumble grumble, harumph!"
CG |
The formation flying was excellent and, having been very closely involved with several other major flypasts, I am also very well aware of all the hard work by the groundcrews, ATC and other agencies that made the event so impressive. All credit to them, but it's the great British public who are poorly served by our public service broadcaster, who HAVE done it well in the past (more recently than Richard Dimbleby, who I don't remember commentating on any flypast, even the 1953 Odiham one) but who seem no longer to care about accuracy - a disservice to those who worked hard today to produce the spectacle that it was.
|
Did I count nine re[eat nine Reds? I thought they were a little down on members at the moment.
And Met, did a cracking job, didn't we? |
Originally Posted by langleybaston
(Post 11239710)
Did I count nine re[eat nine Reds? I thought they were a little down on members at the moment.
And Met, did a cracking job, didn't we? CG |
Originally Posted by uxb99
(Post 11239669)
Just wish they would give the Guards a proper drill rifle. Those short rifles look awkward.
|
Originally Posted by VigilantPilot
(Post 11239720)
Sorry, but that sounds like it’s coming from someone who has zero concept of what goes on to put the formation over Buckingham Palace on time.
All things considered, I think the OP and Chertsey had a narrow escape. :O |
Why didn't they make Roome for someone who knows about such thing? Dave?
|
Just out of interest, I believe that the 25th Jubilee flypast (RAF review at Finningley), the '25' was made up of 22 JPs. Times have certainly changed.
|
Originally Posted by punkieys17
(Post 11239609)
Well I dont get it. Like many we studied the zoomable maps to see a fly past........2 aircraft went past over the route at Chertsey in Surrey. A flock of helicopters then went sounth of the route by some 2 to 3 miles, disappointing the crowd that had gathered on the playing fields directly below the flight path. Given the lack of accuracy one can ony believe Ukraine would be in danger if we sent our flyboys.....
|
Originally Posted by langleybaston
(Post 11239710)
Did I count nine re[eat nine Reds? I thought they were a little down on members at the moment.
And Met, did a cracking job, didn't we? |
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e498b1bdf1.jpg
As it was seen from Wanstead! Totally superb!! |
The failure to issue actual maps showing where and when different elements were going to disperse - and their subsequent tracks - meant that it was always going to be a bit hit and miss what (if anything) you would see unless you positioned yourself on the run-in, up the Mall, or immediately behind the Palace (say in Grosvenor Gardens).
I'm glad that my other half suggested the latter - we had a great view. We were glad that there were nine reds. Impressed by the rock solid '70' formation. Surprised to see six Lightnings in the air at once. And delighted to see one element flying past in such a 'Swift and Sure' manner. |
I see that the Reds reduction from nine to seven has been admitted, but not explained:
"In 2022, the Red Arrows are performing aerobatics with a seven-aircraft formation, while the team’s major national flypasts, such as those marking official Jubilee events in London, are carried out using nine jets." |
Here here Underfoot.
Never forget - while the drivers are seeing to the wenches, we're are seeing to the wrenches. |
I watched from a corner of a wheat field in East Anglia, with no one else in sight. The countryside looked beautiful, and whilst the FJ crews would have been 100% faocussed on station keeping, maybe the odd soul in a heavy would have looked out and have been reminded what a wonderful country they are tasked with defending. The sub-formations were spaced out by 2 minutes of so, so possibly not as overwhelming as at the Mall, but the 70 was well done. Kept on thinking what a great effort by the techies, particularly to get so many Hawks into the air.....
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 10:59. |
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.