Too British - Are they serious

[Darren B]

OK

Seems this has been around a little while, but its the first i have heard of it.

i received an email and thougt to start with it was another of these joke emails that appear in my inbox from time to time and then i realised it was not a joke. To be honest i dont think it supprised me either, nothing does with the UK anymore, what am i talking about well heres the email

The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 London Olympics because they are deemed 'too British'. Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be 'offensive' to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team have performed at more than 4000 events worldwide, but the Department of Culture, Media and Sport have deemed the display team 'too militaristically British.' Red Arrows pilots were said to be 'outraged', as they had hoped to put on a truly world class display for the Games, something which had never been seen before. Being axed from a British-based event for being 'too British' is an insult - the Arrows are a symbol of Britain.
The Red Arrows have been excellent ambassadors for British overseas trade, as they display their British-built Hawk aircraft all over the world.
The Arrows performed a short fly past in 2005 when the winning bid was announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly spectacular. It is to be hoped that common sense prevails.



http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/RedArrows2012/?ref=redArrows2012#detail

I can sort of understand the military aspect to it, but these planes are not exactly fighters and coloured as such, if you did not know of them you would probably not know they were operated by military personel

[TraceyHand]

I remember reading that a while ago...bonkers..completely!

[NormanRouxel]

Only it's not true. Just somethıng "The Sun" made up. See http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/...376B2F89D95041 for the RAF's take on this.

[TraceyHand]

that figures
Can't say I looked to see if it was true or not (it just wouldn't have surprised me if it was LOL)

[Paul Bulpit]

So that's the end of this thread. One hour - is that a record?

[TraceyHand]

nahh...I doubt it

Can't be bothered checking though

[jont]

So that's the end of this thread. One hour - is that a record?

Only when Lee is not around, otherwise he kills them dead in under 5 mins

[Darren B]

well there you go, i guessed someone here would know At least i can sleep at night now

[acompton]

And the Hawk is a trainer, not a fighter. There is a ground-attack variant, but it too expensive and slow to be taken seriously, so it only gets sold when backed with development aid sweetners from the UK government.

[chris ashdown]

Darren

Get busy training with your kites incase your required as first sub, maybe you could do something like that Honda advert with Parachutist

[Darren B]

My luck there would be no wind

[Duncan Rounding]

Surely you keep a couple of tins of beans in the kite bag just in case.