Not looking good Red Arrows won't display at Suffolk Show

[quid21]

I believe Red Arrows will not be at Farnborough this year!!

They will be doing passes.

[Agent K]

I believe Red Arrows will not be at Farnborough this year!!

I believe you are misinformed.

[Chris IL-76]

A flyby about 10 miles away. Good luck with that. Personally Farnborough is off this year.

[quid21]

A flyby is better than nothing.

[Tally-ho]

From aerobatics to flypasts -

Operations Director Pride in London, the UK's largest LGBT event said: “Pride in London is delighted to accept the offer of a flypast by the Red Arrows. Nine jets from the world-renowned Royal Air Force (RAF) Aerobatic Team will perform a red, white and blue flypast for thousands at the event on Saturday, 25 June".

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm? ... 7AEA96FFF8

Yes, the times they certainly are a-changin' .... could the words "Aerobatic Team" be under threat? Just asking.

[R1nger]

North Weald 1969 4 x F-100 from Lakenheath did a lovely flypast of Epping Forest

[Bushpilot]

How often do they have to do the full display to keep their PDA? At this rate they need to nip back to Akrotiri for a refresher. I'd also be worried that with a limited display the bean counters would be looking to hire 4 Extras in their place.

[Andy_99]

Maybe we should open a book on what shows this year the reds will actually be able to display at...

But I agree at this rate the new restrictions will put questions in the mind of the beancounters

[9arrow]

Bearing in mind that the US teams are out of action at the moment, I suggest that the Reds get a quick tour of the States (where they will be totally respected), fill in the gaps and call the season off in the UK.

[Agent K]

Bearing in mind that the US teams are out of action at the moment, I suggest that the Reds get a quick tour of the States (where they will be totally respected), fill in the gaps and call the season off in the UK.

Not so, the Thunderbords are flying displays again and I believe the Blue Angels took to the air this past week too.

[mirage41]

And what about the delightful Frecce Tricolori, and Mr Soebergs wonderful Dutch options, not forgetting the transonic F35s.

[bizfreeq]

From aerobatics to flypasts -

Operations Director Pride in London, the UK's largest LGBT event said: “Pride in London is delighted to accept the offer of a flypast by the Red Arrows. Nine jets from the world-renowned Royal Air Force (RAF) Aerobatic Team will perform a red, white and blue flypast for thousands at the event on Saturday, 25 June".

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm? ... 7AEA96FFF8

Yes, the times they certainly are a-changin' .... could the words "Aerobatic Team" be under threat? Just asking.

I don't actually get the point here, this is the first time the Reds have done this event in any capacity and the new regs make no difference here whatsoever as a fly by is all they would ever have been allowed to do over London. That all Her Maj ever gets too. So in this instance old regs and new regs are exactly the same.
I think there is a big over reaction here overall, the Reds will perform many full displays over the season and the ones actually curtailed due to the new regulations I suspect won't even reach double figures.

[Tally-ho]

Greetings 'bizfreeq'

You say you don't get the point. Read the post by 'Supra' that went before yours, now he gets the point 100% with a wonderfully wicked sense of humour to boot, adding spice and garnish of his own in goodly amounts.

In these times where some have frayed nerves - you know with all this EU Project Fear utterings doing the rounds - it is vital that we maintain a sense of humour. The Reds will always be our Reds, just sometimes one has to also see the (inventive) humour in situations.

[C24]

Supra

[quid21]

(inventive) humour in situations.

Or derogatory to those who are of that orientation.

I myself am happily married (to a woman) but I can't help but think that kind of humour violates the forum rules?

"2 - This forum is a place for all ages of the aviation community, please respect this and do not post or link to derogatory or pornographic material."

[bizfreeq]

Greetings 'bizfreeq'

You say you don't get the point. Read the post by 'Supra' that went before yours, now he gets the point 100% with a wonderfully wicked sense of humour to boot, adding spice and garnish of his own in goodly amounts.

In these times where some have frayed nerves - you know with all this EU Project Fear utterings doing the rounds - it is vital that we maintain a sense of humour. The Reds will always be our Reds, just sometimes one has to also see the (inventive) humour in situations.

I am at a loss with your reply here as my post has absolutely no relation to Supras whatsoever and was in direct reply to the one quoted which was a serious one. As for the sense of humour being wonderfully wicked, I think offensive is the actual word you are looking for there. Even as a straight man I can see no humour in the first part of the post even though it was thinly veiled as being ''from a homophobic group''. And the second part was nowhere near humorous either.

[POL]

I'm in agreement with you there Mark; I was actually wondering if I was ready what was in front of me or if my mind was playing tricks on me?!

Certainly not something suitable for a public forum such as this. Surprised the moderators haven't dealt with it to be honest. Rules 1 and 4 apply I believe.

[quid21]

It certainly goes against rule 2 in the forum rules about posting derogatory content.