Skies above Britain - bbc 2

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EarlOfHazard

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3,608 posts

160 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Might be of interest to some PHers

KTF

9,858 posts

152 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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I love how they said how Swanwick is in a 'remote' location wink

25 mins in and they have already moved on to something that is nothing to to with ATC. Disappointing as I expected a more nuts and bolts approach given the hype.

surveyor

17,914 posts

186 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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Just a guess.. It's about more than ATC

I though it was pretty good. Those s&r pilots were exceptional

Jonesy23

4,650 posts

138 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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From some of the fragments I saw in there I think they may have taken things originally intended as standalone series (something on ATC, something on RAF trainees, something on search and rescue), chopped them together, added some filler, and thrown a lot of the original material away.



Eric Mc

122,335 posts

267 months

Wednesday 17th August 2016
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A few rather sloppy explanations of some aspects of military flying.

They kind of intimated that fast jet pilots experience high Gs because the aircraft can travel so fast. That's not really the case as it's more to do with the tightness of the turns they can pull.

The narrator also explained that aircrew needed decompression training because of the speed that a jet can descend - which is just plain wrong.

The piece on the flying brothers was quite good but they could have, at least once, actually mentioned the types of aeroplanes they were flying.


tobinen

9,284 posts

147 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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I'll watch again but agree with Eric, it was lacking in places.

djc206

12,499 posts

127 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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It was just an hour long advert for Bremont watches as far as I could tell.

eccles

13,754 posts

224 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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Eric Mc said:
A few rather sloppy explanations of some aspects of military flying.

They kind of intimated that fast jet pilots experience high Gs because the aircraft can travel so fast. That's not really the case as it's more to do with the tightness of the turns they can pull.

The narrator also explained that aircrew needed decompression training because of the speed that a jet can descend - which is just plain wrong.

The piece on the flying brothers was quite good but they could have, at least once, actually mentioned the types of aeroplanes they were flying.
They did mention his DH moth,and the Havard they lost their father in.T he little blue one looked like a homebuilt Vans RV4

Eric Mc

122,335 posts

267 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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I was wondering what it was and they never said. Also, the Max Holste Broussard at the end looked quite fun but they never said a thing about it.

TR4man

5,255 posts

176 months

Thursday 18th August 2016
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For the more enthusiastic aviation viewer it was certainly lacking, but it was much better than anything else that was on at that time

KTF

9,858 posts

152 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Round 2.

I would imagine the BA jet is dumping fuel over the channel rather than circling to burn it up and get the weight down?

jmorgan

36,010 posts

286 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Kerist. Drone man thought he would pop his drone inside the museum.

DoubleD

22,154 posts

110 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Drone man is a bit clueless

Jonesy23

4,650 posts

138 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Not sure the self-obsessed hipster is going to pay much attention to the drone rules, he'll get bored & just do what he wants. Really doesn't seem to understand what's involved.


MiniMan64

17,090 posts

192 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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DoubleD said:
Drone man is a bit clueless
I'd imagine the producers didn't realise how lucky they were finding him, he's gold.

And who the bloody hell lives of YouTube videos?

KTF

9,858 posts

152 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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His 'job' seems to be filming his life and putting it on YouTube. Seemingly there is money in that?

ecsrobin

17,377 posts

167 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Jonesy23 said:
Not sure the self-obsessed hipster is going to pay much attention to the drone rules, he'll get bored & just do what he wants. Really doesn't seem to understand what's involved.
I'm glad the other chap shot him down!!

Mister V

1,106 posts

202 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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MiniMan64 said:
I'd imagine the producers didn't realise how lucky they were finding him, he's gold.

And who the bloody hell lives of YouTube videos?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/youtuber-pewdiepie-opens-up-about-his-73-million-earnings-from-playing-video-games-10374402.html

Zad

12,720 posts

238 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Many people make a lot of money from YouTube. For example, Yogscast, who publish videos on Minecraft and playthroughs of various other games. Their stats for 2015 are:

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Wobbegong

15,078 posts

171 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Zad said:
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Cash: £2,158,789
Net Worth: £3,913,847
Current assets: £2,700,311
Liabilities: £595,240
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