The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 
London Olympics because they are deemed 'too British'.

Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be 
'offensive' to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team 
have performed at more than 4000 events worldwide, but the Department of 
Culture, Media and Sport http://www.culture.gov.uk have deemed the display 
team 'too militaristically British'. Red Arrows pilots were said to be 
'outraged', as they had hoped to put on a truly world class display for the 
Games, something which had never been seen before. Being axed from a 
British-based event for being 'too British' is an insult - the Arrows are a 
symbol of Britain

The Red Arrows have been excellent ambassadors for British overseas trade, 
as they display their British-built Hawk aircraft all over the world.

The Arrows performed a short flypast in 2005 when the winning bid was 
announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly 
spectacular.

It is to be hoped that common sense prevails

If you disagree with this decision, please sign the petition on the link 
below:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RedArrows2012/?ref=redArrows2012

Please do forward this on to everyone you can.

John Bennett
656 Sqn Assn

Seen this several times before, it's not true.  The Red Arrows themselves 
deny it here:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/index.cfm?storyid=66845B01-1143-EC82-2E376B2F89D95041

"Fletcher"  wrote in message 
news:gqKdndbs4-on44TVnZ2dnUVZ8v6dnZ2d@giganews.com...
> The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 
> London Olympics because they are deemed 'too British'.
>
> Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be 
> 'offensive' to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team 
> have performed at more than 4000 events worldwide, but the Department of 
> Culture, Media and Sport http://www.culture.gov.uk have deemed the display 
> team 'too militaristically British'. Red Arrows pilots were said to be 
> 'outraged', as they had hoped to put on a truly world class display for 
> the Games, something which had never been seen before. Being axed from a 
> British-based event for being 'too British' is an insult - the Arrows are 
> a symbol of Britain
>
> The Red Arrows have been excellent ambassadors for British overseas trade, 
> as they display their British-built Hawk aircraft all over the world.
>
> The Arrows performed a short flypast in 2005 when the winning bid was 
> announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly 
> spectacular.
>
> It is to be hoped that common sense prevails
>
> If you disagree with this decision, please sign the petition on the link 
> below:
>
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RedArrows2012/?ref=redArrows2012
>
> Please do forward this on to everyone you can.
>
> John Bennett
> 656 Sqn Assn
>
>

Thanks Toffee, guess I got caught out on this one, it came from what I 
thought was a reliable source, I should have checked first. Appologies to 
all for the post.


"Toffee"  wrote in message 
news:1mjSj.307$EH2.222@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> Seen this several times before, it's not true.  The Red Arrows themselves 
> deny it here:
>
> http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/index.cfm?storyid=66845B01-1143-EC82-2E376B2F89D95041
>
> "Fletcher"  wrote in message 
> news:gqKdndbs4-on44TVnZ2dnUVZ8v6dnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> The world-famous Red Arrows have been banned from appearing at the 2012 
>> London Olympics because they are deemed 'too British'.
>>
>> Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be 
>> 'offensive' to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team 
>> have performed at more than 4000 events worldwide, but the Department of 
>> Culture, Media and Sport http://www.culture.gov.uk have deemed the 
>> display team 'too militaristically British'. Red Arrows pilots were said 
>> to be 'outraged', as they had hoped to put on a truly world class display 
>> for the Games, something which had never been seen before. Being axed 
>> from a British-based event for being 'too British' is an insult - the 
>> Arrows are a symbol of Britain
>>
>> The Red Arrows have been excellent ambassadors for British overseas 
>> trade, as they display their British-built Hawk aircraft all over the 
>> world.
>>
>> The Arrows performed a short flypast in 2005 when the winning bid was 
>> announced, but their flypast at the Games was to have been truly 
>> spectacular.
>>
>> It is to be hoped that common sense prevails
>>
>> If you disagree with this decision, please sign the petition on the link 
>> below:
>>
>> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RedArrows2012/?ref=redArrows2012
>>
>> Please do forward this on to everyone you can.
>>
>> John Bennett
>> 656 Sqn Assn
>>
>>
>
>