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A Matter of Timing

spiegel.de — Britain's Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, also known as the Red Arrows, fly in formation past Big Ben in London on Tuesday. The flyby was organized to mark the 90th anniversary of the formation of the RAF in 1918.

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  • antonio97b, on 04/02/2008, -11/+37America represent!

    ...oh wait.
    • billlyboobs34, on 04/02/2008, -12/+3HAHA I love you!
    • ostracize, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2Red White and Blue bands are France.

      It's King Edward's worst nightmare come to life.
      • gerryk, on 04/02/2008, -0/+9unfortunately, drawing a union jack in jet trails is not all that easy, even for the arrows
    • themastersb, on 04/02/2008, -0/+6In all fairness the UK had red, white and blue first.
      • bonedead, on 04/02/2008, -4/+1Yeah but we beat you up and stole it! Nya nya nya nya nya nya
  • S0L0, on 04/02/2008, -19/+7"London Prevails!" - V for Vendetta
  • prezzy, on 04/02/2008, -6/+49***** bad ass
    • craighoxton, on 04/02/2008, -2/+3Wish the flypast could have included old-school fighters like the Sopwith Camel and the mighty Spitfire
      • ghm101, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1The "Battle of Britian memorial Flight" - A Spitfire, A Hurrican, and a Lancaster Bomber are usually in the air above us here in london once a year or so, They fly over my house on the approach to the Biggin Hill airshow, the merlin engines really send a tingle down your spine. http://www.bbmf.co.uk/
      • LostInTheWired, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Just a note, the Hawker Hurricane actually shot down twice as many aircraft during the Battle of Britain as the Spitfires did.
        As quoted from Wikipedia:
        "Both Spitfires and Hurricanes are renowned for their part in defending Britain against the Luftwaffe's might – generally the Spitfire would intercept the German fighters leaving Hurricanes to concentrate on destroying the bombers, but despite the undoubted abilities of the "thoroughbred" Spitfire, it was the "workhorse" Hurricane that scored the highest number of RAF victories during this period, accounting for 1,593 out of the 2,739 total claimed." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane

        WWII Online player. Yar!
    • Popeiler, on 04/02/2008, -12/+4America -- ***** YEAH!
  • laserblazer, on 04/02/2008, -12/+27"This flag dips to no Earthly king!" - America when it had balls, aka before Nixon.
    • xGORDOx, on 04/02/2008, -1/+4Um... dude, this pic is from Great Britain.
    • JKAL, on 04/02/2008, -1/+2Except to the Brits the original red white and blue.
  • W1LS0N, on 04/02/2008, -13/+8gawd bless 'em.
  • gfxluvr, on 04/02/2008, -56/+4What happens when your pilots are selected by Bush? They spread American colors in London.

    • Paranoidmarvin, on 04/02/2008, -3/+40Red, white and blue?
      Have you not seen the Union Jack recently?
      • billlyboobs34, on 04/02/2008, -18/+3Who is Union Jack? ... I'm kidding... I'm always accidentally killing you guys in the middle east
    • icepick602, on 04/02/2008, -0/+25worst...comment....ever...
    • Flangeman, on 04/02/2008, -0/+14Are you an idiot?
    • cainmi, on 04/02/2008, -0/+8What happens when you're a nincompoop? Your idiocy is spread everywhere...
      • travis1982, on 04/02/2008, -5/+2***** classic...i love digg...and how stupid people get put in their place...America - ***** YEA!
  • MonkeyHugger, on 04/02/2008, -8/+26Red Arrows FTW
    • Myztry, on 04/02/2008, -3/+1I was wondering about the four lower smoke free planes.
      "Smoke isn't working... But I saw something falling... Signal a broken arrow and stock-take the armory..."
  • craighoxton, on 04/02/2008, -2/+18This is a great shot - I saw them fly past my office window.
    • delicates, on 04/02/2008, -5/+0really???
      • HakonD, on 04/02/2008, -0/+7At some point they are bound to fly past some sort of office building.
    • Myztry, on 04/02/2008, -0/+8Did you 'high five' the pilots...
  • Paranoidmarvin, on 04/02/2008, -3/+16Ah... that does instill a sense of patriotism
  • br0wnstar, on 04/02/2008, -23/+4A Matter of Photoshop?
    • craighoxton, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1Dug for Powell & Pressburger reference
    • wintersland, on 04/02/2008, -1/+3Photoshop? You have clearly never seen, even a video of the Red Arrows in action before.
    • eastlondoner, on 04/02/2008, -1/+13Red Arrows AKA the best pilots in the world.
      • Ndiggnation, on 04/02/2008, -1/+3No one compares to Launchpad McQuack..
  • Ninjapope, on 04/02/2008, -8/+20Yugoslavia is clearly invading Britain.
  • JohnFlux, on 04/02/2008, -2/+100Dugg for being the first article on digg about the UK that isn't from the dailymail. :)
  • Rozza, on 04/02/2008, -1/+14A high rez version of this would make a great wall paper
  • bluemist, on 04/02/2008, -10/+4It's exactly 1:00 on the Big Ben too.
    • wastedlife, on 04/02/2008, -0/+9...
    • edilclyde, on 04/02/2008, -0/+8yeah, i know, thats the coolest thing on the picture.... the time on big old ben
    • Norris667, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Yes, it is, Well spotted. Especially as the title referred to the time on the pilots watch
    • flangepiece, on 04/02/2008, -0/+5How the hell can you see the bell inside The Clock Tower?
      *taking pedantry to the power of twelve*
  • Thrilltone, on 04/02/2008, -3/+5These artificial rainbows, combined with the new solar panels, will put the Sheiks out of bidness!
  • thesleepless, on 04/02/2008, -10/+12The French are invading!!
    • Search153, on 04/02/2008, -6/+2Sacré-bleu!
    • billlyboobs34, on 04/02/2008, -8/+6guys guys guys.... No one, I repeat, No one likes the French.
      • gilbot53, on 04/02/2008, -1/+3I like some French...
      • synyster, on 04/02/2008, -0/+9are you joking? i guess you never see french chicks before
      • cyberdork, on 04/02/2008, -0/+5Haha, I always like how Americans continue to claim that nobody likes the French, while in fact the rest of the world would completely agree with 'Nobody likes the Americans'. And that's not even meant as an insult! You have any idea how much damage that monkey has done to the American reputation over the past 8 years? Hell in the 80s and 90s I dreamt of living in the US one day, but nowadays I would prefer living under a French bridge compared to your police-state.
      • LoopyChew, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1C'mon, you can't tell me you don't like this Frenchwoman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0

        (Not a rickroll, I swear)
    • delicates, on 04/02/2008, -1/+0haha
    • bosssmiley, on 04/02/2008, -0/+6"Charge them lads, for the Frenchman is a coward and will soon run away!" - George II
  • BigglesPiP, on 04/02/2008, -9/+3Bananas!
  • eastlondoner, on 04/02/2008, -12/+7Red White Blue are the colours of the Union Jack. They DEFINITELY ain't flying over London for anything else. I know those are also the colours of the American and French flags, probably others too but you shut the ***** up because the Union Jack is one of the oldest national flags, WAY BEFORE AMERICAN OR FRENCH FLAGS.
    • billlyboobs34, on 04/02/2008, -1/+10I think you're a flag. I think you and your flag buddies like to get into a big circle and whip out your flag poles.
      • itsgotyou, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1flagpoles? more like flag pipettes
    • nreynolds, on 04/02/2008, -2/+4oh yeah!!?!? well, at least our judges don't wear wigs!!!

      /internet country war
    • antonio97b, on 04/02/2008, -1/+3No you're wrong. They are definatly flying for Cuba's flag.
      • jeremyosborne81, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1I thought it was Puerto Rico.
    • jimmy17, on 04/02/2008, -2/+3Drapeau tricolore (French flag) - 1794
      US Flag - 1777 (ignoring of course the changres in stars)
      Union Flag - 1801
      • eastlondoner, on 04/02/2008, -4/+7Actually ***** the flag first came about in 1606.
        1801 is the date when Great Britain and Ireland became the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland.

        I know its difficult for you to fathom that anything existed before 1776 but if you go and read some fugging books you might learn something. An wikipedia doesn't count for ***** you *****.
        • jimmy17, on 04/02/2008, -1/+3Woah, calm down. Hyper patriotism never solved anything. (Plus I am English - in fact given your name i prob live about half an hour away from you)

          Oh and whilst you are correct about the date of the flag with the union of England and Scotland it was amened tho to the modern flag in 1801 with the formation of the UK. I suppose that would mean that in comparison the US flag it is older but the red/white/blue tricolour used to represent France (although not in flag form) has been used since the medieval ages.

          Oh and id up the propranolol if I were you.
    • travis1982, on 04/02/2008, -1/+0yea bitches..***** the UK and their fake American wannabe flags!! oh wait..I am Canadian. I am sorry Britain....ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!
      • eastlondoner, on 04/02/2008, -2/+1That's right. Unfortunately these days heresy won't leave you without a head.
    • travis1982, on 04/02/2008, -0/+0ouch
  • mrjeffery, on 04/02/2008, -1/+2http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7323865. ...
  • amitphp, on 04/02/2008, -9/+1best
  • Whelo10, on 04/02/2008, -9/+0Squadron Leader (Video Games Nut) : Do a Barrell Roll!!!
    Wing Commander : What the F**k!!!
  • Minyall, on 04/02/2008, -12/+0Whoever's flag it is, I still cringed.
  • NinjaPirateDude, on 04/02/2008, -1/+4someone should photoshop an explosion into the background..........
  • amitphp, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Looking very good!!!
  • robocop1, on 04/02/2008, -15/+3The Blue Angels are better!
    • CapnJef, on 04/02/2008, -12/+3Goes without saying.

      Let the Europeans be proud that some of their planes returned safely.
      • dan1200, on 04/02/2008, -0/+8"F-22 Raptor Airframes Falling Apart Due to Bad Glue"
        Our planes?
      • TomUU, on 04/02/2008, -1/+7"Let the Europeans be proud that some of their planes returned safely" - good point, it is getting increasingly hard to fly safely when our 'allies' are *****-up and shooting friendlies all the god damn time.
    • Flangeman, on 04/02/2008, -2/+11No way! The Blue Angels are boring! They fly tight formations, but never do anything particularly exciting. The Red Arrows are always doing cool stuff. The Canadian Snowbirds are pretty cool too.
      • travis1982, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2yea damn right...snowbirds kick ass. Would be better if we had ACTUAL jets to fight in wars with, but we figure amusing people is good enough. yep yep.
  • 2create, on 04/02/2008, -0/+7love it when stuff like this happens, made my day http://www.louisdumont.com/temp/red_arrows.mov
    • billlyboobs34, on 04/02/2008, -2/+2Quicktime is the devil... cool vid though
  • KraxSintax, on 04/02/2008, -3/+27You can always count on the Red Arrows for inspiring some patriotism.

    Trust a few confused Americans to think it's about them, though.
    • bubba9999, on 04/02/2008, -12/+4Nice. Don't worry - that slur regarding Americans that doesn't make you seem retarded or petty in the least.

      Indeed - you seem much smarter because of it. Women probably want to have your children now. Good luck with that.
      • TomUU, on 04/02/2008, -2/+7Jesus you're one unfunny *****.
      • ghm101, on 04/02/2008, -2/+8I have to ask, based on the evidence presented by the comments in this thread, How is that a slur?
        • muckemuck, on 04/02/2008, -4/+3They're just trying to piss you off.. they aren't confused..
    • Paranoidmarvin, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1It's the French and Dutch colours too
  • delicates, on 04/02/2008, -5/+0red white blue,aha``flying over the big ben..seems a little cute..but isn't very bice..
  • Norris667, on 04/02/2008, -1/+9Great Britaiiiiin - BLOODY HELL YEEEEESSS
    • billlyboobs34, on 04/02/2008, -12/+1I have a spare tooth brush if you need one...
      • TomUU, on 04/02/2008, -1/+16We have a spare set of human rights if you need one...
        • Norris667, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1billyboob im going to gum your ear off
  • koyner, on 04/02/2008, -3/+5If you zoom in on Big Ben you can clearly see they were 23 milliseconds late. Wouldn't have happened in my day.
  • synyster, on 04/02/2008, -12/+1RAF,was it a joke when they form it?
  • indorock, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2Funny, masses of people were gathering by the banks of the Thames about 20 mins before 13.00, and the flyover was over in a matter of seconds, after which everyone resumed to life as usual. I got a few pretty good shots too, but this one is ace.
  • Mier, on 04/02/2008, -5/+2If you look close there are F-22 raptors (w/ good glue for the wings) shadowing them. Damn that's some good stealth
    • shortyjacobs, on 04/02/2008, -1/+3look even closer, last I checked the Raptor had neither a delta wing nor canards nor a single tail fin.
      Those are Eurofighter Typhoon F2s
    • Mier, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1The obvious is not always obvious to all
    • erkokite, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Must be some pretty good stealth because I can't see them!
  • rockhell, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1its looks like sherbert!!!!
  • Homerr, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1Red, white, and blue? or Bleu, blanc, rouge?
  • sammydeath, on 04/02/2008, -1/+2i well respect the RAF and the red arrows and crew, but isnt it quite ironinc that these are a major symbol of "great" britain, yet the colours they lay in smoke remind of the french and the dutch flag, depending on which way you look at it.
  • crazyhorse13, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Bogeys at one o'clock!
    Ha! I kill myself.
  • aoya, on 04/02/2008, -0/+0This is exactly how the humans blotted out the sky to start the Matrix.
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