Well said Tourist!

:ok: FLY NAVY!:ok:

Si,
I'm at a fairly large FAA base in the SW, and on a front line unit to boot. Haven't seen hide nor hair of the new badge....................are we not worthy, or is it because Joe Public won't see us when we are sat on our Pusser's grey in the middle of the oggin?
:confused:

No sign of our badges yet.....:( :confused:

We got ours today. Took them to SE who refused to velcro them because they have not been approved for use yet!:\

You will all get your badges eventaully.

Apparently the Velcro IPT has a shortage of hooks (or was that loops) and SE gurus not too happy with work. Fleet are working on it.

:hmm:

Just got back from leave.

Can someone take a photo of the badge on a flying suit and post the photo on the web?

I bet one won't find its way to me.

p.s. Si Clik - fatobs is in Prestwick.

Mahalo! (clue to where I've just been on holiday!)

Aloha kâua! Hope you enjoyed Hawaii - which island?



I'd also be intrigued to see this badge on a flying coverall - does it really look as bad as has been suggested?

Wouldn't the white ensign alone have been sufficient?

Life in a Blue Suit (either shade) at its best.

"You will take these gash badges off your flying suit". Uproar.
"You will put these gash badges on your flying suit". Uproar.

Love it.:)

Si, maybe you should have just issued a few and waited for the inevitable clamour of "Gizzit", "Its not fair" and "Where's mine"?

I saw a WAFU wearing one of the new badges yesterday and I have to say they look pretty smart - certainly stand out clearly as RN, are big enough to be bold but not too big to be garish and they seem to reflect the corporate web-site.

VVC,

I also noticed that most of the aircrew at the base near me seem to wear the "black" stripes rather than gold ones so a logo badge seems a good idea.

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You see, thats my point. we are supposed to be warriors who would kill at a moments notice. Armed sentires of the sky who would rather full you full of lead than eat salmon sandwiches and drink shampoo at a corporate sponsored event.

I was with you there right up to the salmon sandwiches, but I must admit to having a penchant for them

A mis-spelled anagram of Oldham perhaps?

:cool:

TOG

Not everyone thinks avaition is all down to the RAF. Stood next my SH asset at airshows I usually get asked whats it like to be in the army!!
Must remember not to polish my boots or put creases in the arms of my flying suite for a while!

I like the new badges
 

For the standard kit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/.../bluebadge.gif

And for your jungly kit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/...ages/green.gif

Ah, Blue Peter badges............quite apt really:p

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced

In case you may have not got your badge, Fat Obs and I launched an undercover operation through secret high security defences and found them in ...Stores.

Fat Obs had to distract the "guards" by getting his feet measured for a new pair of flying boots (I jest not) whilst I surreptitiously collected intelligence.

Remember many men risked filling in endless amounts of paperwork to achieve this



http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...r/Image059.jpg

We're missing a trick here. if it's publicity you want then we should have gone for badges the size of the ETPS/ CFS monsters!

In fact, as you're only going to see them out of the cockpit, how about one for the back...about 14 inches by 12....like the Iron Maiden ones the long haired bunch wore in the 80s.

And some 6 inch by 4 examples to fit on the knee-board velcro when 'the brain' isn't needed. (Just NB to put them the right way up.)

I never figured out what was wrong with the RAF (blue/grey) light-weight flying overalls we wore in the '50s. In the Meatbox in the Middle East, that and a pair of knickers was all we wore (accoutred by a silk scarf in, preferably, squadron colours), and black Oxford shoes with two rows of stitching. Well polished (of course!). Rank badges were the same slide-on rings as used on blue raincoats. Then, sometime in the 60's, we switched to a dreary gruntish khaki overall because, we were told, it was made from some fire-resistant material which could not be produced in RAF blue. I cossetted my old blue overalls and hung onto them for years.

If the fisheads want to make a big thing of their difference from the RAF, that's fine. Overstatement is usually a sign of "chips" frying .

Have these badges gone away. Don't seem to see anyone wearing them. Maybe they are all on sale at E-Bay.

The rule is that they are only required when you are operating in the "public eye" - what ever that means. But down here in Kernow they have been relegated to the air day ovies and will be seen once a year.... great VFM.

My oppo's in Somerset seem to be applying the same criteria. Not sure what the Prestwick boys are doing......apart from packing up and searching for properties in Cornwall...!!!