IanHx Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Anyone else have the urge to slap their forehead in disbelief as the BBC presenter at the Jubilee celebrations announced the A-400M / C-17 duo as a "Poseidon & Rivet Joint" ? 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, IanHx said: Anyone else have the urge to slap their forehead in disbelief as the BBC presenter at the Jubilee celebrations announced the A-400M / C-17 duo as a "Poseidon & Rivet Joint" ? After counting an extra bbmf spitfire before…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 12 hours ago, IanHx said: Anyone else have the urge to slap their forehead in disbelief as the BBC presenter at the Jubilee celebrations announced the A-400M / C-17 duo as a "Poseidon & Rivet Joint" ? That would be the Rivet Joint which was subsequently abbreviated to "Rivet", at least it merited a mention: the Phenom and Texans completed their flypast without comment - poor Huw was probably busy looking through his notes trying to work out what they were, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bunker Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 BBC have a history of errors in flypasts, wrongly identifying aircraft. I suspect that once the script is taken away, Huw Edwards knowledge of aircraft types is zero. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 They have a history of errors in nearly everything... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Vince1159 said: They have a history of errors in nearly everything... Indeed. If you have intimate knowledge of a particular subject you find will horrible errors from every broadcaster, let alone the ones who are unable to read off of an autocue without messing it up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Another one this morning watching the service,someone said the Queen was the longest reigning monarch (true) after Victoria,60yrs (64 years but i'll let them off) and George III being 50 years (wrong) since when has 1760-1820 been 50 years... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 We are at my sister in laws at the moment. She is a news editor for the BBC. I did mention this and the problem seems to be is that the commentary is out of sync with what is appearing on the screen. So Huw is talking about the planes flying overhead while the camera feed is of the next set of aircraft. Sister in Law is implying that the BBC coverage has not been well organised as a lot of the experienced staff have left/made redundant and there is a fair amount of moving around of staff. Our view of the flypast was pretty well perfect as we were above ground level where the aircraft we flying parallel to the river and so it was like being at an air display. Great atmosphere with everyone clapping and cheering, especially the BBMF and the immaculate '70' formation. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpion Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Vince1159 said: Another one this morning watching the service,someone said the Queen was the longest reigning monarch (true) after Victoria,60yrs (64 years but i'll let them off) and George III being 50 years (wrong) since when has 1760-1820 been 50 years... Sounds like sloppy wording. George III didn't complete 60 years (was a few months short). BBC are obviously considering which Jubilees they celebrated - Victoria made it to her Diamond Jubilee and George III to his Golden Jubilee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Bring back Raymond Baxter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I'm confused, did Victoria get a flypast or what? And yes, Raymond Baxter was just the man for flypasts. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Yes, a vic of the then-new, top secret, swing-wing all-leather Zeppelins did a flypast at 500 feet... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 16 hours ago, Mr T said: not been well organised as a lot of the experienced staff have left/made redundant Finding this in a lot of companies, not just the national broadcaster. Worry that in another 2 generations humankind will have lost the ability to follow a set of instructions to glue a Spitfire together ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Something I saw on line somewhere... Years ago your car manual told you how to set the valve clearances. Nowadays it tells you not to drink the contents of the battery. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circloy Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 3 hours ago, IanHx said: Finding this in a lot of companies, not just the national broadcaster. Worry that in another 2 generations humankind will have lost the ability to follow a set of instructions to glue a Spitfire together ! Instructions? we've been losing the ability to write manuals for a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry268 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I am surprised nobody has mentioned that he said the Lancaster was accompanied by 5 spitfires and hurricanes Even SWMBO mentioned it so I wasn't dreaming 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 03/06/2022 at 18:14, Pete in Lincs said: I'm confused, did Victoria get a flypast or what? And yes, Raymond Baxter was just the man for flypasts. Not to mention Charles Gardiner or Reginald Turnhill - all very, very knowledgeable about their aircraft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Hi Watching good morning britain 8th june the reporter describes the skyhawk as a seahawk jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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