RAF at 90 TV prog on Last Night

[MigBuster 2,884]

RAF at 90 - past and present - If interested its on BBC iPlayer for a few weeks - saw it last night - should be of interest to most

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g2545/RAF_at_90/

[GwynO 16]

Thanks for the link, I missed the beginning last night. Particularly poignant that the RAF had no exercises for what to do after dropping the nukes. I heard an ex Vulcan pilot on radio 4 describe his thoughts on the matter, to carry on flying east below the radar until the last drop of fuel then bail out and start a new life with a Siberian wife.

[crl848 9]

Was it good? I tuned in for 2 mins and it didn't grab me.

[MigBuster 2,884]

Have seen it twice - more history than action i suppose - but a few interesting bits - didnt know about the zeppelin bombing london in 1915 - cheeky gets!!

 

+ some great film of the Lancasters and even a Vickers Valient gets on there!

[+allenjb42 4,237]

Thought it was a very good, sober account of what it's like to be in the RAF, or any other military force. Not what I was expecting, but probably all the better for it.

[+SkippyBing 8]

didnt know about the zeppelin bombing london in 1915 - cheeky gets!!

 

So four years before the RAF and countered by the Royal Naval Air Service?

[MigBuster 2,884]

Countered by no one - says it just flew above the capital for hours dropping bombs then cleared off.

[+SkippyBing 8]

Hmm, I'm fairly sure the RNAS were flying anti-Zeppelin patrols during WW1, although it true British Military fashion I'm guessing it was only after the event! I know a couple of them got shot down later in the war.

[MigBuster 2,884]

Probably the communication infrastructure and means to detect the things was lacking - theres a bit on wiki however that good is - says in later raids the Zeppelins out climbed the RNAS aircraft being already at a high altitude - they had a similar top speed too lol

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin