BBC North – "Inside Out" Next Monday

Problem is finding a ‘middle ground’ – if there is no perceived risk then there is little ‘shock and awe’ ! No matter how much we wish the news and current event programmes to tread carefully -there will always be the perception of ‘barnstorming’
pilots flying around in our aviation heritage. Make it dull and nobody will watch it apart from the enthusiasts who know the truth anyway.

But I was a bit alarmed that they seem to hammer on a few times about how dangerous flying Warbirds is. Not to sure were they got the “On average, two people per year are killed flying Warbirds” though. :confused:

I think this type of programme feels the need to make some sort of hard-hitting dynamic and sensationalist journalistic comment which unfortunately, in this instance, was totally unneccesary and not particularly useful. There was a very valid story in the mere fact that a Hollywood movie was part filmed from Breighton and I think that would have been more than sufficient fodder.

Let’s face it, the other story concentrated on listeria in railway buffet car sandwiches which, as it turned out, still fell within the government’s minimum safety limits…

I managed to see it too, and thought it was a nicely filmed piece.

But I was a bit alarmed that they seem to hammer on a few times about how dangerous flying Warbirds is. Not to sure were they got the “On average, two people per year are killed flying Warbirds” though. :confused:

Still, I guess we should be glad that Historic aviation got a slot on TV, even if it was just the local channel.

Cheers

Paul

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Hi Gareth,

That would be great, thanks very much.

The footage stretched way back to the Centenary of Flight event at Breighton (probably BBC Look North – showing BBD, Janie and the Yak 11), shame they didn’t film the Buchon as she looks now. Nice takeoff sequence with the Mustang – can only imagine that they were chasing alongside in the ‘yellow peril’ Land Rover! I agree with Jeepman re: the editorial content but the pictures were great.

Got the MPEG2 file sat on the hard disc now, would you like a DVD-R of it running off?

You wouldn’t happen to have recorded it would you? It would be nice to have a copy in our archive.

Managed to get quite a bit in in 10 minutes…..

shots of P51s Janie, BBD and (obviously) Suzy (including the reporter in the back seat 😉 )

Shots of the Fokker Dr 1 and a Nie 17 from Flyboys plus shots of pre-, during and post-filming discussions with, inter alia, Ray Hanna

Short Interviews with Taff Smith and Brian Brown

shots from Legends this year

nice shots of Mustang and Hurricane in formation

and finally, and by no means least, film of the Buchon taxying sans spinner

They did seem to dwell on the “dangerous side” of warbird flying though!

Bump. On in half an hour….

Blue Max/GASML – isnt your Biggles/BE2 piece on Look East Inside Out due to be aired soon?

early October i belive

Blue Max/GASML – isnt your Biggles/BE2 piece on Look East Inside Out due to be aired soon?

I think those of us not in the region, but, who have digital should be able to view it.

Yup!