Hi All,
Wow! I never expected all those comments to my post, just to clarify below are my thoughts.

Personal or political beliefs should not be displayed when presenting any programme, You are a presenter who is meant to be impartial despite what your
own beliefs are.

To me presenters should focus on the subject solely or was I mistaken ? As that the very day the LGTB pride march was held it was a pure coincidence
that the presenter had on full display under her top unzipped that itself was under top coat to show the Rainbow in support of the LGTB community.

As far as homophobia goes not a chance, I couldn’t care less what sex you are or think you are it makes no odds to me what people do and act like in
their own house/community whatever that’s they’re business simple and not for me to comment, my daughter had two male gay friends who where going to get married and I wouldn’t have missed that for the world. What I do object to are groups and individuals constantly forcing any issue on to others,telling us it’s normal life when it’s a personal preference just any topic or belief you choose what you are or believe in.

It’s a conscious personal choice simple! again I stress I do not have a problem just the ramming down mine and others throats ( i.e. Sky Cinema having a LGBT movie option now – Possibly only temporary as it may be connected to the pride march yesterday ? ) when there really is no need in this day and age. On top of that those who have opposing/different views often get a labelled HOMOPHOBIC/RACIST/NAZI/WHITE SUPREMESIST etc.etc.etc. when in fact those are not views held by many they accuse because they just do not agree with someone’s personal statements/choices forced upon them sadly.

As far as presenters go just do the job your paid to do, don’t creep in your own little stunts then if anybody cottons on say well it’s just a t-shirt or
whatever it as this post proves can send out a message as in my own case spoil what I was looking forward to watching sadly.

One other thing I would be the first to apologise if I was wrong but I suspect I wasn’t and while the presenter may have worn the t-shirt before just ask
yourself was there another event taking place at the same time that she supported ? i.e. The Rainbow Trust.

One last thing to the forumites I have offended by my post I apologise this was not my intention the same goes for this post, it’s just an observation on
an event that happened that should not have occurred IMPO, being totally honest someone in the crew should/could have advised her it may give the wrong idea.

Couldn’t agree more with J Boyle :- It creates a distraction and your message/story becomes muddled/Instead of discussing what she said, you’re discussing the distraction.

Geoff.

Hi All,
Talking of RAF 100 would have been to hard to organise a weekend of static aircraft including all available to fly in either at the listed sites below ? Rather
than the representative flypast that will occur with gaps, noticeably two or three massive gaps the Vulcan/Victor/Nimrod/Shackleton
(Wellesbourne XM655 – To small ?) Doncaster XH558 -(Both live taxi):-South end XL426 / Duxford XJ824(Static with live content Preferred).

I mean you would have a wider variety of types you could even have active runway taxi runs ? It seems to me that another opportunity to
celebrate in true style while having a truer representation of RAF aircraft from all eras WW1/WW2/50’S/60’S/70’S/80’s/90’s through to todays aircraft will
be missed.

At Duxford would it be to much to trundle the aircraft outside placed in era order with any live participants in ascending era operating at set times ? I do
realise that it would take months in planning but I assume as the Duxford crowd are all aviation orientated this could be achieved if everybody just came
together of those that had whatever aircraft of whatever era at hand static or active.

I know, I know before you say it a fanatasy but I honestly can’t see a problem You have the aircraft, you have the man power and I assume that if
asked for many volunteers would lend they’re bodies to push and pull the aircraft if needed….;)

Geoff.

Hi All,
Never Let Go 1960 (Via Talking Pictures Channel on SKY) If your into classic B&W films like myself you’ll like this good crime drama with a very different
roll for Peter Sellers and an early roll for Adam Faith also starring other recognisable from stage and screen…;)

Starring:-Richard Todd,Peter Sellers,Elizabeth Sellars,Adam Faith,Carol White,Mervyn Johns,Noel Willman,David Lodge,Peter Jones,John Bailey,
Nigel Stock,John Le Mesurier,John Dunbar,Charles Houston,Cyril Shaps,Dorothy Gordon,Mignon O’Doherty,Maureen Connell and Marianne Stone.

Lionel Meadows (Peter Sellers) is a London garage owner who makes extra cash dealing in stolen cars. Meadows buys log books from scrapped models,
then has other cars corresponding to the log books stolen and the number plates replaced. He gives a list of the latest batch to young petty thief
Tommy Towers (Adam Faith), which includes a 1959 Ford Anglia. The car Tommy steals belongs to struggling cosmetics salesman John Cummings
(Richard Todd), who needs the car to keep his job. Also, he did not insure the car against theft and becomes desperate to recover it.

Geoff.

Hi All,
Blind Spot 1958 (Via Talking Pictures Channel on Sky) Classic B&W crime drama (With a little aviation theme) set in the 50’s. An early roll for
Michael Caine and a future partnership from Dads Army also star along with other early rolls for future TV stars that some may recognise being the
old farts that we are….:D

Starring:-Robert MacKenzie,Delphi Lawrence,Gordon Jackson,Anne Sharp,John Le Mesurier,George Pastell,Ernest Clark,Ronan O’Casey,Michael Caine,
John Crawford,Andrew Faulds,Robert Gallico and Arthur Lowe.

Having lost his sight and suffered a head injury Captain Dan Adams (Robert MacKenzie) has to stay in hospital for the head injury to heal before he can
have an eye operation. But on a rare excursion out to attend a party his driver accidentally drops him off at the wrong address. As Dan enters the house
he stumbles in to a crime scene where he stumbles over a dead body and then is knocked out by the killers who discover that he is blind. After waking up
in hospital no one believes him despite being bruised and battered. Months later after eventually having his sight restored and recovering from the
operation Dan sets about proving that he did find a dead body but it leads him into a lot of danger.
(Courtesy of:-https://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/blind-spot-1958/blind-spot-1958.html )

Doesn’t he look young old Michael Caine ?

Available at these sites:-https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=blind+spot+1958&tbm=vid&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE597JsoHcAhUHrRQKHVeHC6kQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1280&bih=855&dpr=1

Geoff.

Hi All,
Ditto what BPAG said…:cool:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Thanks for the info both….;)

TomcatViP – Thanks for the info, as for the F-111 airbrake didn’t that open downwards with the aircraft direction where if it did fail it would simply hang down wouldn’t it ? The F-35 it opens against the flow so I assumed that it would take more pressure than a normal airbrake would but if you say no then
I’ll bow to your better knowledge and I thank you…:eagerness:

djcross – That is interesting to know, I just thought that any airbrake on fighter either opening Upward/Downward or Outwards with the aircrafts forward momentum and if they fail they would hang down as in the F-111 or just sit back in whatever space on the fuselage or just stay deployed in whatever position but always with the aircrafts direction of travel and not against it as with the F-35. But I again bow down to your better knowledge….:eagerness:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Spudman wp & Marcellogo – Many thanks for the reply. Here’s another poser does anybody else her think that the F-35B will have a possible failures
in the future because of the strain that the flap that opens transitioning from level to VSTOL ?

I ask this as watching a video of an F-35 transition from level flight to the hover and back again, I mean it acts as a huge airbrake and must come under
immense pressure when traveling forward in the vertical position surely ?

Geoff.