{"id":128627,"date":"2022-08-03T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=128627"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:32:12","slug":"sigh-the-brits-just-dont-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=128627","title":{"rendered":"Sigh… the Brits just don’t get it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Remember a few years back when a Navy plane executed a contrail drawing of a gigantic penis and testicles in the sky?\u00a0 It was visible for miles with the naked eye over Washington State and delighted\/offended many in the state.\u00a0 Well, the Brits think they one-upped it with a picture of the Queen.<\/p>\n

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Six civilian aircraft and 12 crewmembers from the Light Aircraft Association\u2019s Wessex Strut used 365 unique headings to create the image over southwest England, according to a release from the group.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Navy Sky Penis artist, none of the crewmembers knew what they were drawing as they headed out on different flight paths, generating a series of unusual shapes over the course of several months that eventually rendered England\u2019s number one royal.<\/p>\n

Aircraft involved in the effort included the Zenair Zodiac, Just AirCraft SuperSTOL, Cessna 150 and 150 Aerobat, Vans RV6 and even a Beagle Pup.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of them had any idea what the final image would look like \u2013 each team was given a small, unrecognisable chunk which, when flown, recorded on SkyDemon [aircraft GPS software] and sent back would be stitched together digitally to form the final image,\u201d Amy Whitewick, a local pilot and team lead for \u201cArt Force 1,\u201d said the press release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

So theirs was just as in-your-face-salty as ours… except it took six aircraft, most of whose pilots had no idea what they were doing, months to accomplish, and all the flight paths had to be digitally stiched together with a GPS software, so the average Brit looking up in the sky saw… a plane. Wow, now that is daring.\u00a0 Uh, no.<\/p>\n

I did some drinking and shooting with some of the British Army of the Rhine guys.\u00a0 Although they probably wouldn’t know the actual John Nance Garner quote, I think they would have thought this “not worth a bucket of warm spit.” Or English beer. I’d draw the obvious comparison, but there are a few British brews worth drinking if you can’t get a real beer, Guinness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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