What an heroic pilot!! JIM
Flight Lieutenant Ian Fortune (ironically). He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts.
Great team effort.The big problem for the program is that same problem that all entertainment TV shows face, that they have to make it entertaining so as many people will watch it - it's the same way Top Gear went. The way they have to fake bits of it is incredibly patronising, and I'd be way more interested in the background stuff they don't show us. For example Ed sitting down with a cuppa and spending two hours on Google trawling forum for answers... Or rather, I'd guess that would be one of the researchers, but you get the idea.
The format of the show does a lot to make Ed and Mike look a little bit rubbish, but thats how shows are packaged these days. I still watch and enjoy it though
I've posted this video before, but it shows Mike in a completely different light - not the dumb ass dodgy geezer made up for TV crap they have to present.
That said, stick anyone in a Chinook landing in the middle of a fire fight, the pilot being shot in the head and the helicopter being rendered almost unable to be flown - and I think you would see the real side of any person!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjbvz-vE2E
