One if by land, two if by sea and three if by air

By adamg on Mon, 08/19/2019 - 8:47am

Around 11 a.m., an RAF jet squad will zoom down along Boston Harbor from the north, to promote STEM learning, not to try to avenge Bunker Hill.

Neighborhoods:

Free tagging:

Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Ad:

Comments

For anybody else waiting by

By ZachAndTired
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 11:09am

For anybody else waiting by their office window, it looks like they'e been delayed until about 11:20.

The Red Arrows are airborne heading to #Boston. There’s a slight air traffic control delay this morning, meaning the new time over the city’s Harbor for the flypast will be approximately 1120, local time. #RedArrowsTour pic.twitter.com/RM5VwWj9oA

— Red Arrows (@rafredarrows) August 19, 2019

flexes wings Challenge

By Turkey Liberati...
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 11:20am

*flexes wings* Challenge accepted blighty!

An unpleasantly loud one ...

By Lee
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 11:45am

... just flew over 3 East Boston parakeets and caused them to shiver with fear.

Vroom!

By adamg
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 11:29am

From the top of 888 Boylston! @universalhub pic.twitter.com/fJMlUj23Jt

— Meg McClaff (@megariana84) August 19, 2019

Hmm, so how does any of this work?

By redlinerider
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 12:30pm

an RAF jet squad will zoom down along Boston Harbor from the north, to promote STEM learning

I'm all for creative ways to promote science and math education for our city's young minds, but I'm not sure how any of this makes sense. Is the RAF flying over to promote STEM education in the UK? Or are they flying over to promote STEM education in the US? In which case shouldn't it be the US Air Force promoting US STEM education? Also, I'm wondering how the flyover results in STEM education: is there some kid in JP or Eastie that looks up at the sky and says, "Now I want to be a mathematician!" ?

Again, great if this all works to boost STEM learning (and it was a great display, too). I'm just wondering about how this actually computes :)

The British won the Battle of

By anon
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 1:50pm

The British won the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Technically, yes

By adamg
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 3:25pm

But I believe the word you're looking for is "Pyrrhic." Even aside from the longterm results of the then rebellion, the British losses in Charlestown were the first wake-up call that Boston would not be that easy to hold. And so they left, less than a year later, giving us the St. Patrick's Day Parade, um, Evacuation Day.

True, but can you avenge a

By Pref Anon
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 3:52pm

True, but can you avenge a Pyrrhic victory?

Pyrrh-etically Yes...

By Don't Panic
Mon, 08/19/2019 - 11:17pm

I'll see myself out.