Posted on 06/06/2007 9:25:15 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Lucy pin-ups banned by RAF
ROYAL Air Force chiefs have risked a bust-up with their pilots by forcing them to black out pictures of pin-ups painted on their planes - including Hampshire glamour girl Lucy Pinder.
In the 1940s it was common to see the likes of Rita Hayworth and Jane Russell adorning the fronts of Lancaster bombers and flying fortresses setting off en route to their German targets.
Countless more pictures of anonymous girls were splashed across aircraft, in poses almost as risque as their crews' missions were risky.
Sixty years on, when British airmen fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan decided to bring the practice into the 21st century, one of their first choices was Lucy, from Winchester.
But their plans were shot down before even getting off the ground - by politically correct bosses worried about offending female crew members and Muslim locals.
Senior commanders got hot under the collar when they heard about the paintings, and immediately ordered that any drawings on Harrier jets be blacked-out to silhouettes only.
RAF Strike Command feared that having too much flesh on display ran the risk of putting off female recruits, who could view the images as sexist.
And in a country where many women wear full burkhas, there was also the worry that pictures offending local culture could spark a diplomatic incident.
Concerned that even the outlines were too provocative, they have now ordered the images be removed completely.
Saints fan Lucy is disappointed the troops weren't allowed to have their fun. Last November she visited Afghanistan with pal Michelle Marsh as part of a morale-boosting tour, and even signed one of the planes carrying her picture.
She was shocked to hear of the enforced cover-up, saying she thought the pictures were "harmless fun".
"It's very flattering, and it's nice that they get to do something that takes their minds off things for a while," the 23-year-old told the Daily Echo.
"It's a shame they've got to change them to silhouettes. Rules are rules, but I don't think it's offensive.
"It's just the way it goes these days. They're doing a very hard job out there and we should all appreciate it.
"It's a very serious situation out there and it's a bit of frivolity, but it's just the lads having a bit of fun and light relief.
"Anything that can cheer them up for a bit must be nice."
Last night RAF bosses defended the ban as entirely appropriate, saying in a statement: "The Royal Air Force values and recognises the contribution of service personnel regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or social background.
"To this end, the RAF promotes working in an environment that is free from harassment and where personnel are respected both for the contribution they can bring to the team and the value and potential they offer as individuals."
9:00am Tuesday 5th June 2007
By Jon Reeve
You’d get more mileage if you said ‘Porn makes you go blind’. ;-)
You know you’re going to hell, right?
Or is that considered flaming you?
Wasn’t it “Glamorous Glen” on his P51? I seem to remember that from the pictures I’ve seen. Not that it’s important.
WTF is wrong with this planet?
I thought so.
A have a story about the X-1.
I’ve been doing a lot of business trips to Maryland over the last year. On one of these trips about a month ago I ended up staying over the weekend so I decided to go down to DC and proceeded to spend 10 hours in the Smithonian Air and Space Museum.
I have always been facinated with that time in history, breaking the sound barrier, the space race, ect. So there I am standing underneath the Glamorous Glennis. All of a sudden I’m 12 years old again. My heart is racing, I’m in complete awe. So of course I call my wife.
Mrs Cougar: “Hello”
Me: “You won’t believe what I’m standing under.”
Mrs Cougar: “What?”
Me: “The Glamorous Glennis!!”
Mrs Cougar: (long pause) “So?”
Me: “So?...It’s the Glamorous Glennis. The Bell X-1. The plane that Yeagar broke the sound barrier in. If I could jump high enough I could touch it...I want to touch it. But I’m right underneath it!”
Mrs Cougar: (long pause) “I’ve seen the Ruby Slippers.”
Me: “Really? I haven’t seen that movie.”
Mrs Cougar: (click)
This I am aware of. However the quotation in question is taken completely out of context and used to suit the meaning of the person posting it. I suggest you open your bible and read the whole chapter from Mathew 5 v1 through the end of the story Mathew 7 v28. And then think upon it. because to take scripture and use it out of context to further ones ambitions, goals, or self importance is to commit the foulest of sins in my book. Hypocrisy.
wow. If I were Earth Czar, she stays, muslims can pound sand.
ping
Like women in burqhas.
If we didn't need to turn from sin, to Jesus, then he didn't need to die for us, to save the willing from sin and death.
Don't know about you, but I'd pay attention to a guy like that.
Well put.
Here's a good one.
lol
Wasn’t he BANNED by the FDA or the Surgeon General?
I’ve got to get to DC to see it. I think I’d have the same reaction, and, hopefully, my significant other would be a little more excited. Cheers!
That one is nice. Some of the others are a bit amateurish (although I guess some were done by amateurs, so that’s okay). This one is practically lifelike.
Ah, the fags in britain are burning..... shocked I tell you
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