Edinburgh Tattoo flypasts to be banned??
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Edinburgh Tattoo flypasts to be banned??
Apparently there are calls for flypasts to be banned because they cause emotional problems (and chuck in keeping the environment )
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...commentsWidget
Beggars belief if this is true and the authorities to carry this out...
I was attending the first day of ITEC military simualtion exhibtion beginning of April this year at the Excel and in between meetings and flying the various sims, I checked my FB. There were umpteen moaning and complaining on friends and friends of friends pages, plus local news rag about the four ship of Lakenheath's finest four ship F-35A decided to drop into my local airport EGSC.
A lot of the comments that jet noise affected their mental health, upsetted them or thought the balloon had gone up...
cheers
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...commentsWidget
Beggars belief if this is true and the authorities to carry this out...
I was attending the first day of ITEC military simualtion exhibtion beginning of April this year at the Excel and in between meetings and flying the various sims, I checked my FB. There were umpteen moaning and complaining on friends and friends of friends pages, plus local news rag about the four ship of Lakenheath's finest four ship F-35A decided to drop into my local airport EGSC.
A lot of the comments that jet noise affected their mental health, upsetted them or thought the balloon had gone up...
cheers
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28th Jun 2024, 12:30
Tabs please !
(if anyone is offended, this will probably be shunted off to Jet Blast and a gay mate told me the joke. He doesn't conform to the LGBTQR2D2 politics due to having a sense of humour).
I would have thought the firing of the one o’clock gun in Edinburgh every day might be more likely to traumatise veterans ( who don’t seem to be complaining about any of it) and the hot air and methane given off by councillors and all the MSPs in Edinburgh far more damaging to the environment , not to mention the rest of our lives.
Ever trying to find a compromise though, I would be willing to trade the flypasts for them all b*****ing off and shutting up.
Ever trying to find a compromise though, I would be willing to trade the flypasts for them all b*****ing off and shutting up.
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(Once had them played inches from me lughole in a Hamble pub as Scotland came on at Twickenham, my eardrum was rippling... got my revenge at half time when I asked if they'd be playing a lament when the game resumed...)
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Typical clickbait 'news' article.
People complain about noise from events every year, doesn't mean to say they are suggesting to ban it.
People complain about noise from events every year, doesn't mean to say they are suggesting to ban it.
I took part in a VE day flypast over Edinburgh Castle in 2020 (Covid lockdown). It wasn't advertised as they didn't want large crowds gathering.
The number 'complaints, was immense. Not so much down to noise (although many were) but on the grounds of 'Covid'. ie 'why am I in lockdown when the RAF can seemingly do as they wish.
The number 'complaints, was immense. Not so much down to noise (although many were) but on the grounds of 'Covid'. ie 'why am I in lockdown when the RAF can seemingly do as they wish.
Tabs please !
(if anyone is offended, this will probably be shunted off to Jet Blast and a gay mate told me the joke. He doesn't conform to the LGBTQR2D2 politics due to having a sense of humour).
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What a bunch of dismal jimmies now running, or more realistically ruining, the city of my birth - noting that they have already succeeded in having the One O'Clock Gun being made quieter from earlier this year. Many Edinburgh people have always had a bit of fun not giving visitors any advance warning about the gun going off - stand fast Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day, Falcon 900!
And now, so much for the "Sound of Freedom"!
Jack
And now, so much for the "Sound of Freedom"!
Jack
I would have thought the firing of the one o’clock gun in Edinburgh every day might be more likely to traumatise veterans ( who don’t seem to be complaining about any of it) and the hot air and methane given off by councillors and all the MSPs in Edinburgh far more damaging to the environment , not to mention the rest of our lives.
Ever trying to find a compromise though, I would be willing to trade the flypasts for them all b*****ing off and shutting up.
Ever trying to find a compromise though, I would be willing to trade the flypasts for them all b*****ing off and shutting up.
Now Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has ordered them to continue the ritual originally devised to allow ships to set their maritime clocks.
It has since become a fundamental part of Edinburgh and military history – being fired daily at 1pm, except on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day – and draws crowds of tourists.
A Ministry of Defence source dismissed those trying to stop the spectacle as 'health and safety killjoys', adding: 'This level of risk avoidance is ludicrous."
April 2024 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gh-Castle.html
This is more disappointing…
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ed-forces-day/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ed-forces-day/
I was at Kandahar when the first Armed Forces Day was held. It was met with total indifference.
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Perhaps a reaction to this nonsense could be a suitably constructed contrail?
Allegedly, back when we had an air force of a size worthy of the title, some weekend warrior of the RAuxAF drew an impressive one which gently drifted in the direction of Edinburgh. But some local Man of God rang the station to mention this obscene doodle heading towards the god-fearing population and demanded that Something Be Done.
So the RAuxAF squadron boss ordered a battle climb for his pilots, who formed into line abreast and flew through the offending image. Then with some deft formation manoeuvring they flew through it again at 90° to the original track, before returning to base.
So instead of a slowly dissipating image, which might not have been noticed by many, there was now a large crossed-out version which certainly would have been. The reaction of the original complainer was not recorded!
Allegedly, back when we had an air force of a size worthy of the title, some weekend warrior of the RAuxAF drew an impressive one which gently drifted in the direction of Edinburgh. But some local Man of God rang the station to mention this obscene doodle heading towards the god-fearing population and demanded that Something Be Done.
So the RAuxAF squadron boss ordered a battle climb for his pilots, who formed into line abreast and flew through the offending image. Then with some deft formation manoeuvring they flew through it again at 90° to the original track, before returning to base.
So instead of a slowly dissipating image, which might not have been noticed by many, there was now a large crossed-out version which certainly would have been. The reaction of the original complainer was not recorded!
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