RAF Flypast London tomorrow

[hobby]

The route for this flypast and the TOT can b eseen on the following site:

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defen ... estone.htm

The time O/H Tower Bridge is given as 13:00hrs.

Would that b e13:00hrs GMT or BST (Local Time)?

On Prune's site someone there seems to think that it will be 13:00hrs UTC!

Clarification regarding correct time required as I shall be in London tomorrow and I don't want to miss the flypast.

[delticbob]

OK soggy ground here so feel free to to tell me off,

but I thought BST, Zulu Time & UTC were all the same?

As the clocks went forwards last Sunday I would expect this to mean 13.00 BST.

Pity I'm 160 miles too far north to see it though.

Bob

[Garry Russell]

Hi Bob

Zulu time/UTC is GMT

BST is Zulu/UTC+1

Garry

[SkippyBing]

All low flying bookings are in Zulu, which is now causing me headaches. However I'd imagine even the MoD's PR department would put the flypast time in local.....

[hobby]

Can the PR people be relied upon to convey the correct time clearly and correctly to Joe Public?

[SkippyBing]

The cynic in me says if it doesn't involve them covering their own a**e they may not even be aware of who the Red Arrows are!

[delticbob]

Hi Bob

Zulu time/UTC is GMT

BST is Zulu/UTC+1

Garry

Thanks for the correction. As a non flyer of any kind its the kind of info that I don't need, hence my not being
sure.

I will remember.....I will remember....Mmmmm :prayer:

Bob

[airboatr]

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[hobby]

13:00Hrs BST right on the button the acft flew past the London Eye.

I stood just in front of Buckingham Palace today and just managed one photo! Only 13 acft and it was all over so quickly. Quite crowd which was quite pleasing because not many people have any connection with any of the armed forces today. Chap next to me was an ex 'Snowdrop' who joined up 40 years ago and a lady to my right had brought both her children up from Tunbridge Wells to see the flypast. Other reports reached me that the river banks were quite crowded at Westminster Bridge so the RAF PR Service achieved their objective - the public did get to know and did come to watch - but not in thousands.

There may be one Typhoon pilot who was in the flypast who is required to buy everyone a pint tonight!

One Japanese bride might have been pleased because she may have thought the flypast was for her - she was rather obvious in her western wedding dress on the Victoria Memorial.

[hobby]

Our 'atomic' clock here in the UK receives a signal each morning at a very early hour, long before dawn, and has been seen to get into quite frenzy with clock hands fairly whizzing round to achieve whatever the signal commands - can be very noisy and has woken Mrs Hobby up on occasion!

A couple of years ago we had a major power failure here which also upset the timelock on our local post office safe in the village. My ancient Japanese video tape machine suffered the same power failure and when power was restored an hour or so later the video contrivance re-set itself to the correct time with any intervention by any human hand. The Post Office office safe, time controlled, could not be opened and pensioners were forced to wait three days for a contracted locksmith to appear and open that safe. In addition the Post Office was unable to carry out most of the other routine tasks. Senior Officials of the PO in a nearby large town did not seem to think that their 'Plan A' was in any way awry despite being told that other village shops had somehow managed to get the necessary repairs done to enable them to carry on with their businesses within hours of opening the day after the power failure. I often wonder where 'common sense' has gone. From your story of your local recent 'summer time' decisions 'common sense' is also absent from your area.