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OT Spitfire and the BBC reporting
On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:44:33 GMT, dave wrote:
Just a fume to say how pathetic was the sound BBC coverage of last weekends flypast by several Spitfires. What I was waiting to hear was the sound of those wonderful Merlins. What I got was two motormouth presenters with who were terrified of any silence longer than 0.1 second. The OB pictures were excellent though, great to see those aircraft flying. I live just north of the Scottish Border. A couple of years ago, I was having lunch and thought I heard that unmistakable sound of a Merlin engine - once heard (and like so many folks now retired I heard my first a very long time ago) never forgotten. Surely not a Spitfire or Hurricane? I left my lunch and rushed outside, just in time to see a lone Spitfire cruise overhead at no more than 1000 ft, heading south. There had been an air show further north a day earlier, so it was presumably heading home. One of my neighbours saw me looking up and asked what was the matter - I pointed to the Spitfire. He wasn't impressed - "What's all the excitement? Just some bloody aeroplane, isn't it?" I went into full Victor Meldrew mode, with the wife trying to quieten me. The poor neighbour retreated down the street with my voice getting louder as he retreated - "Some bloody aeroplane? SOME BLOODY AEROPLANE???!! If it wasn't for that 'bloody aeroplane', matey - you'd be speaking German and eating with chopsticks!!!!!" I think the poor man crossed the street on his way back home. Just a few months later, a B17 flew over at low level, again heading south. A hugely impressive sight and sound. But apart from me, not a single person in the neighbourhood even raised their eyes. There's a monument in London that promises we'll never forget. Hell - most folks have forgotten already. John |