Ps let’s leave it there shall we and let’s talk about the boat.

Sense of humour? It’s not a demonstration of high grade humour or intelligence is it?

A rant about how he can’t get his freebie naked girls calendar? And the assertion that the new boss of the company must have put a stop to it because she’s not ‘calendar’ material. Not because she has a moral, ethical, business based or other reasoned objection but purely because she is bitter she couldn’t be on the calendar. He will not allow for that and her objection is invalid because of it.

‘Feminist Crap’? Perhaps if he looked up the meaning of the word he would find it difficult to add the crap part but the truth is he probably has a basic understanding of what feminism means or the many forms it can take. Probably a very narrow view based on the bloke down the pub model of what feminism is. But why bother engaging with any of it when you can take the default position of a poor quality Jeremy Clarkson impersonator and purposely set out to troll and wind people up. That’s the pathetic bit, the intention of it. I suspect, the writer enjoys the infamy of his position quite a bit. And that, again, the focus is drifting, like it or not, to him and away from Campbell and the boat.

So what’s the website and restoration about? Bluebird and Campbell or the writer? Who is most important.

Bizarre, you want to read about the boat. But actually all you have to do is get through paragraphs of anger, rants, attempts at controversy and stories that might appeal to some but not to others. So, not knowing where the bluebird bits started, I just stopped reading 🙂

Now I just associate the project with a ranting middle aged man who is angry that the world has changed around him.

There you go,

My thoughts and not a direct criticism of any of his (I’ll keep them to myself ) – just the way he chooses to use the official restoration site to air them. If the rest of team agree with it then so be it but if not I’d say questions should be asked about who is in control of the teams PR!

Who decides and what’s the criteria?

An excellent event. One of the highlights of the year!

hi,
that second photo for me is the quintessential view of a RAF officer/pilot, and Kenneth More was made for his part. The photo shows him in a Gp Capt. uniform, according to wiki he was made up to temp. Wg.Cdr. on July 1st, after the flypast in June….or am I mistaken?

regards,
jack…

Let’s hope then that Bader himself wasn’t the ideal and quintessential RAF officer then as it would be interesting to know how much of the ‘personality’ section on his Wikipedia entry is true and see where the comments are sourced but it doesnt say very much for him.

“And what is wrong with a bull and logo”

There’s nothing wrong with the logo, it’s a nice logo, but I think, stars and bars would be a more appropriate memorial to the pilots who flew and fought in such aircraft than a logo off of an energy drink amongst other things.
On the B25 they own they completely omit any national insignia.

It might be a more appropriate memorial but it isn’t being operated as a memorial but as a promotional tool or, judging on the eclectic nature of the collection, as a celebration of machinery/technology.

Regards the lack of insignia on the B25. Not sure if you mean it is a bad thing or good thing. Irrelevant I would say as it isn’t a memorial flight so if some have insignia and some don’t it might be an aesthetic whim? Who knows.

Remember, the sea vixen needed red bull support for many years and then ended up in a more authentic scheme for years to come after that. I don’t think it’s such a big deal. And with the sea vixen it was the only one flying whereas these aircraft are in a slightly more plentiful supply in terms of airworthy examples.

Is there enough “business” for a second B-17 in Europe?

If so, wouldn’t it be easier/cheaper to dis inter Pink Lady?
My only concern would be if Red Bull wanted to fly one in a tacky/inappropriate or overly commercial paint scheme.

I would have thought that a hypothetical red bull scheme, if similar to the colours of their P38, would be no more ‘tacky’ than Sally B’s non authentic composite scheme with a poorly drawn nude on the nose. A lot of world war 2 nose art is by its very nature ‘tacky’. Look at Just Jane for example. Period it may be but tasteful?