Save the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

[kimosabi]

I'd be pissed off. I'm from Norway and I'd be happy to sign that petition. Hell, bring one of those beauracrats up here and I'll teach 'em some respect. Rats, that's what they are.

[AndyJWest]

Rats, that's what they are.

No, rats is what they would be if they were going to axe the BBMF. They aren't. For some reason this story keeps being reposted on aviation-related forums in spite of the demonstrable falseness of the story. Or do you think the BBMF is going to get the facts wrong?

[Avimimus]

Odd the politicians in my part of the world are either dessicated or made out of rubber.

[JoeA]

Jeez does no one read? This story is false the BBMF is not being axed!

[Insuber]

Interesting. That's a nice example of the paradoxes of communication: people sometimes hear what they expect to hear; in this case they see the ghost of one of the most powerful clichés, the Greedy Politician, or the Evil Bureaucrat.
Similar mechanisms generate the urban legends and Internet hoaxes. Beware of online petitions!

Insuber

[leggit]

The people of the UK would be in uproar if the BBMF was to be axed (which its not). I suspect they would insist that our fat greedy corrupt MP's cut down on their false expense claims before such a national treasure was sold off....even in these tough economic times £3 Million is a small cost and certainly not worth the tongue lashing they would recieve from the British public.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Even if it was true, just check what people did for a single aircraft - the Vulcan.

I can't even imagine what people (and not only in the UK) would do to save this piece of British history the BBMF has become.