The Red Arrows banned for being "too british"

[Trooper110]

Think Bush will add Britain to the Axis of evil now?

[minfootball]

Think Bush will add Britain to the Axis of evil now?

definatly especially with "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."

[Rand{CLR}]

Chances are fair one of the ticked off pilots now will be running the group in 2012. Maybe they'll pull one of the all-time great "screw you" moves and overfly the opening ceremonies anyway.

-Rand

[freak93]

politicians these days. They all have to have a quick puff before meetings

[linemanstud]

Why is it that all of the english speaking countries of the world have to bow to the will of the other countries of the world? They aren't the minority. I dont get it.

[freak93]

Why is it that all of the english speaking countries of the world have to bow to the will of the other countries of the world? They aren't the minority. I dont get it.

We don't want to cause any trouble

[juneau]

Why is it that all of the english speaking countries of the world have to bow to the will of the other countries of the world? They aren't the minority. I dont get it.

We don't want to cause any trouble

Gotta be PC these days.

[baller4life2468]

Re: The Red Arrows banned for being "too british"

The PC brigade is out again.

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 flypast in 2005 when the winning bid was announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly spectacular.

The British are too militaristic?
This must mean you are in the same league as Iran and North Korea.
Apache

xD Oh noes....
But that is just stupid. I went and watched some vids. They are quite cool!

[mapes]

exscuse me but, too britsih....wtf is wrong with thinking your nation is the best....thats like saying we won't celebrate st. paddy's cause the irish are drunk..... wtf is the world coming too.

[juneau]

Re: The Red Arrows banned for being "too british"

The PC brigade is out again.

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 flypast in 2005 when the winning bid was announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly spectacular.

The British are too militaristic?
This must mean you are in the same league as Iran and North Korea.
Apache

xD Oh noes....
But that is just stupid. I went and watched some vids. They are quite cool!

Glad you enjoyed them. Here's a good another good video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CdCgSb-WtB8

Could they get any closer?

[Henry06x]

thats crappy. i think it would be sweet seeing them brit pilots compete

bobs your uncle
sorry couldn't resist the impulse

edit: btw i always pondered why the British symbol on their military aircraft happened to be a bullseye!

[Gremlin_flg]

What ?? why are they bidding for olympics than??? Why don't they get Blue angels to do it??

Red arrows and Blue Angels working together man that would have been one awesome show.

Saw Red arrows when i was in Bahrain and loved their shows. Saw them at least 4 times.

[mapes]

If the Red Arrows are anything like the Blue Angels it is sad indeed.

A couple years back I read an article on the Blue Angels in Motorcyclist. Apparently all of the Blue Angels ride sport bikes. The most impressive thing I heard about them though was the fact that they do not wear g suits. You see pressure suits would get in the way of the precise control needed to do the aerial acrobatics. Instead what they do to fight off blacking out is to flex their muscles to prevent black out. Damn...In the article they showed the editor of the magazine in the back of one of the jets as the jet went through a maneuver. Three seconds into the stunt the guy's head is slack against the airframe...he blacked out....

[freak93]

red arrows and blue angels together would be amazing.

thats also pretty cool they just flex there muscles so they don't black out. I think i heard that somewhere before but i can't remember where.

[baller4life2468]

Where did Bobs your uncle come from out of the blue. I started saying that like 3
days ago and now everyone at school says it.