Edited due to the fact that this thread is dedicated to my beloved Royal Navy and therefore should not turn into a slanging match.



Maple.....please wake up....

Oooh, sorry, must have dropped off.........


Er, UP THE NAVY!


Splice the maibrace! Shiver those timbers! Etc....

Navaleye,

Are you going to ask Cunard for your money back? You got about 2 passes from the Reds I think.

I see none of you picked up on the Sky reporter talking through the Spitfire display. i am surprised he didn't mention the aprt it played in the battle.

And this aircraft was assembled by men and WOMEN who had not normally worked in factories. The wings are made of papier mashie.

TRUE, that is exactly what he said. Journos, don't you love 'em. Gainsy and Jacko where were you?

Widger,

Err, no. They paid me! I lecture on the thing as a maritime historian so I have no room to complain. To be fair, we were not where we were supposed to be and many of the passengers were disappointed.

"To be fair, we were not where we were supposed to be...."

Echoes of many a JMC!

"OK, Rogerwaitout, where the f*** are you this time!"

:p

Not possible, Beagle, as by 2010 all waterborne craft (of any size if for hire/reward and carrying passengers) will be required to carry Euros 100M of cover, to bring them into line with aircraft.

In addition all marching troops will be required to wear a high vis vest over their uniform, and won't be able to carry weapons because they might give kiddies the wrong idea.

Dunno about the lad, I was painting the living room door frame.

I then observed it drying, which was much more interesting than the pathetic coverage by the Beeb's amateurish team : "The HMS Ocean...":yuk: The coverage was tackier than the paint...

It may be of interest that, Peter Cleaver, the BBC producer who specialised in outside broadcasts of military/aviation events such as the Edinburgh Tattoo, Trooping the Colour, Farnborough and the BoB 60th Anniversary was made redundant just after the latter programme was aired. His department was broken up.

Go figure, as the Yanks would say.

Bit in today's Torygraph may be of interest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/30/ntraf30.xml

But you have to appreciate the wonders of modern technology. Nelson grew his arm back.

I'll keep an eye out for that.:ouch:

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Mzee

Bit late to add to this thread, but it would had been nice if the flypast could have been a little more relevant.

A Swordfish would have been appropriate, as would a Wildcat, Hellcat, Avenger, Corsair and Sea Hurricane, all of which are currently flying in the Uk, and all of which flew with the Navy.

It might have cost £30K or so to hire them, or is there a clause which prevents privately owned aircraft from taking part in a military event?

edit:- The Sopwith Pup, as the first aircraft to land on a ship, should have been leading the flypast.

Kolibear,

I flew the Sea Fury in the Drumhead Review. The Corsair, Lancaster, Spitfire and Huricane were all scheduled to fly but couldn't take off because of poor weather. The Sea Hawk was U/S, there are no airworthy Swordfish in the UK until next season and the Avenger was U/S I believe.

Any of the other aircraft you mention were also primarily Duxford based which would have also cancelled as the Corsair did.

Nothing to do with money, nothing to do with civilians not taking part in public displays (it matters not whether the display is military or civilian, it's a CAA approval and insurance issue.)

As for relevance? All of the aircraft that flew were naval combat aircraft. I think you mean you wanted to see more. So did I.