... and we're worried about Car emissions?

[Simpo Two]

Actually it surprise me that the lefties haven't tried to stop motor racing.

[ccr32]

Eric Mc said:

At the 2012 Farnborough Airshow to RAF Tornado GR4s carried out a mock attack on the airfield. Plenty of bangs, smoke and pyrotechnics.

I have many such demonstrations over the years - no big deal, frankly.

I was there for that and watched the action - I thought it was bloody brilliant.

[Eric Mc]

It was nice to see - but pales into insignificance with the mass attacks the Royal Navy and Marines used to perform at Farnborough.

[irocfan]

Simpo Two said:

Actually it surprise me that the lefties haven't tried to stop motor racing.

Brighton

[markmullen]

Waddington has had role demos with pyrotechnics for years. Great fun, from the crowd line you can feel the heat on your face as the pyros fire.

Here was one in 2010, albeit a crap photo when I'd not long been back into photography.


IMG_3463 by mark_mullen, on Flickr

[Simpo Two]

Title: 'Fighter jet stages napalm drop at air show'

First line: 'Watch the moment a fighter jet stages a MOCK napalm drop at the Winston-Salem airshow in North Carolina'

-5

And the fire goes up instantly, not from one end. Just fireworks.

[Jezzerh]

It's just bin liners full of petrol and a squib.

I think they should actually use real napalm it would smell more authentic!

[Ayahuasca]

Jezzerh said:

It's just bin liners full of petrol and a squib.

I think they should actually use real napalm it would smell more authentic!

You mean like....victory?

[eharding]

markmullen said:

Waddington has had role demos with pyrotechnics for years. Great fun, from the crowd line you can feel the heat on your face as the pyros fire.

Here was one in 2010, albeit a crap photo when I'd not long been back into photography.


IMG_3463 by mark_mullen, on Flickr

When I got a Display Authorisation, back in the day, the seasoned Examiner took the time to relay some points of experience to me as part of his evaluation.

The most pressing of which was "Never Trust Air Display Pyrotechnic Technicians"...on the grounds they're invariably pyromanic loons who just love blowing stuff up, and if they think X amount of explosive material is enough to do the job, then X*3 will probably do the job just a little bit better.

His personal experience in that respect was from leading a large Harvard formation at an airshow where the pyro-loons managed to blow a small shed clean over the top of the formation during a flypast.

I haven't experienced that, but I did land up after a display at a country house festival in Norfolk (known as 'Toffstock' to some) to find that the pyros organised for the following act had led a significant number of the revellers to think that Al Qaeda had staged an attack on the festivities.

No wonder the Harrier mate in the original post got a bit of a move on, having no desire to be in the vicinity when Gonzo the Pyro Muppet mashed the fire button.

Edited by eharding on Wednesday 1st October 00:07