500k aint so bad for the high end cars especially the Deluxos
We've had it good a long time and it's more to tighten against account making n Deluxo Currency .
Could have made them unsellable like the Police vehicles.
I will take my 500k n smile 😊
Good Times
#PMGG
I have two opinions on the Red Arrows. A pragmatic one, and a sentimental one. The pragmatic argument is that the Arrows showcase UK flying proficiency, serve as a warehouse to retain pilots, and showcase British manufacturing and aerospace prowess. They are also of ceremonial and diplomatic value.
All of those arguments are now completely redundant. We need fewer pilots, F35 pilots mostly train on simulators or on the real thing. Moreover, we don't make a jet trainer now. (We let that market slip through our fingers). But then we don't really need one. Advanced turboprops are as good as any light jet. As to national ceremonies, I kinda think that all died with Queen Elizabeth. For remembrance, we have the BBMF - which has more aircraft than it needs - that would still be flown in private hands.
The sentimental argument is that they've been there for sixty years and are part of the great British summertime tradition. Nothing beats the announcer saying "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... THE RED ARROOOOOWS" - to then have a nine-ship, with full smoke on, gracefully painting the skies overhead with red, white and blue. I've seen the Reds at least three times a year for the last forty years, and even in my bleakest moods, it always lifts me up. It never gets old.
If you ask me, it only works as a nine-ship formation. If we can't put nine up then none should go up. Mass is part of the spectacle. It's one British tradition that should be spared the immiseration and indignity of austerity.
For me, the thought of a British summer without the Red Arrows is a genuinely saddening thought. The Hawk is a gorgeous little aeroplane. Spotting the Reds while out on your travels is always a treat. I remember last year, driving home from a day out, the Reds flew over my village on their way back from Blackpool airshow. You get an immediate warm feeling of familiarity and friendship. That is irreplaceable.
In recent years, as everything else has turned to shit, the presence of the Arrows is a little morale booster, and a reminder that some British traditions still thrive. Some part of my Britain still lives. But now we're going to see them pruned to seven birds and gradually phased out, only for some soulless bureaucrat in the treasury (probably foreign, who has no attachment to them at all) will one day pull the plug, leaving no opportunity for the British public to say goodbye. A final act of contempt.
If, then, this chapter of British excellence is coming to a close, then let's just be done with it. One more season as a nine ship, and then stand down honourably - leaving Britain just that little bit more diminished, and the skies a little emptier.
A massive s/o to @Mabbra666 for passing me this ride in memory of our brotha.🙏
Massive s/o to my other brotha @Joe2_Guns for creating this ride in memory of our lost brotha.
@ThaScarecrow187 you will be sadly missed i hope your playing gta up there brotha haha. R.I.P