Nipper Posted August 15, 2007 Report Posted August 15, 2007 is anyone out on there boat friday to see the red arrows over bournemouth pier the display starts at mid day we went a few years ago on loyal royal its great to see the display over the water weather permiting . mark b Quote
djredrupp Posted August 15, 2007 Report Posted August 15, 2007 remember that there is a water restriction zone where you cant go! as those arrows fly pretty low! Dan Quote
Paul D Posted August 15, 2007 Report Posted August 15, 2007 News to me - I don't recall any restrictions when we last went to see them ( 2 years ago ) - and they go right over the top of the boats. Maybe we shouldn't have been where we were Quote
djredrupp Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 (edited) still looking for the exact coordinates but... http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.16..._the_arrows.php There will also be a mile-long maritime exclusion zone in operation just off Bournemouth Pier to meet basic safety requirements between 11am and 11.25am and 11.50am and 12.30pm. Edited August 16, 2007 by djredrupp Quote
great white Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 Hi all For info ther definatly wil be an exclusion zone and it will be patroled by boats They have borrowed 4 large inflatable orange buoys from me to mark the corners of the zone ,these are going to be taken to the Bay tomorrow hope the weather is good Charlie Quote
diverdave Posted August 16, 2007 Report Posted August 16, 2007 For info http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/display.v..._the_arrows.php Quote
djredrupp Posted August 17, 2007 Report Posted August 17, 2007 so who is going to be watching the arrows via boat? Dan Quote
Nipper Posted August 17, 2007 Author Report Posted August 17, 2007 i was out with the famliy and the red arrows were great had some lunch on board saw some other club boats and also spoke to frank aka sheila marie on the radio the pier and beaches was packed for the display and so was the sea hundreds of boat from kayaks to sunseekers everywere home by 3pm. mark b Quote
Coddy Posted August 17, 2007 Report Posted August 17, 2007 Nice one Mark. I hope those "do gooders" on the the Echo's forum page about the carbon footprint of all those watching and how they got there, choked on the lack of air! Coddy Quote
charlieannear Posted August 17, 2007 Report Posted August 17, 2007 (edited) Watched from the clifftop and as always was awesome. Well done guys. If I was a bad guy cowering behind some sandbags somewhere with that lot on the warpath I think I would be very unlikely to stick my head up! Let alone get in my antiquated combat fighter and get up in the blue for a dogfight! And lets face it, that's what the Red Arrows are for- to display our Air Superiority in a Peaceful Manner. If another car came as close to me on the motorway as those guys are to each other in the air, it would definitely be brown undies time! Not bad at all for a bunch of Ruperts! And those idiots commenting about carbon footprints are probably the same ones who were calling anglers 'barbaric' on the thresher story, and who are probably disgusted at the prospect of next year's air show and the Edited August 17, 2007 by charlieannear Quote
Paul D Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 I've got a Facebook logon, but cant find you on there. Cancel that - found you under your name - doh ! Quote
djredrupp Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 photos off my dads phone! sorry about the poor direction finding, due to the speed of an arrow, and the sun making it impossible to see the screen, it was point, shoot and hope exercise! (i also have some 3gp format videos (low qual) which i can send !) Dan Paul - its not letting me upload jpegs (155kb each) HELP! Quote
Paul D Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 You wuill have to make them smaller. ( Open in mspaint and use resize then save them) Quote
djredrupp Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 perfect formation at a gazillion mph! Quote
djredrupp Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 a shot of the boats on the horizon really (we were close into the beach) with the arrows in the corner! Quote
djredrupp Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 just a walk in the park for these guys! i wouldnt like to be on the recieving end if they had guns,,, Quote
djredrupp Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 the smoke trails just show how close these guys go head on! have more if anyone wants! Dan Quote
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