Big Jet TV

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Andy_mr2sc

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1,226 posts

183 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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How have I managed to get to 47 and not seen Big Jet TV before?
I've got a load of work to get on with but am glued to my monitor. I'm on the verge of paying the £2.99 monthly subscription to get the live feed.

Am I alone?

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Andy_mr2sc said:
How have I managed to get to 47 and not seen Big Jet TV before?
I've got a load of work to get on with but am glued to my monitor. I'm on the verge of paying the £2.99 monthly subscription to get the live feed.

Am I alone?
It’s pretty good indeed.

The bloke running it does talk some nonsense though but he’s entertaining and the coverage is excellent. Yesterday was very exciting, it’s normally a bit less dramatic.

We’ve had a few threads on here about it. On a windy day the big jet tv threads become like the PHs Eurovision one and pretty fun.

Andy_mr2sc

Original Poster:

1,226 posts

183 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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I'd not heard of it until a few clips were shown on mainstream tv this morning. His commentary makes it, though I guess it won't be as fun when there isn't a storm going on!

FourWheelDrift

89,606 posts

291 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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The live stream is live on youtube without a subscription needed, the sub gains access to the chat & supports the channel.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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FourWheelDrift said:
The live stream is live on youtube without a subscription needed, the sub gains access to the chat & supports the channel.
He seems like a great bloke. Especially as you say, much of it is free.

Andy_mr2sc

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1,226 posts

183 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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249k subscribers at £2.99 a go, I bet he's flying off on some holidays!! biggrin

thebraketester

14,698 posts

145 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Andy_mr2sc said:
249k subscribers at £2.99 a go, I bet he's flying off on some holidays!! biggrin
You can subscribe for free. So not all of those will be paying viewers.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Andy_mr2sc said:
Am I alone?
No.
We’re all friends here. Welcome.

hammo19

5,713 posts

203 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Jerry is a legend, he works tirelessly to bring live show from around the world. He is very knowledgeable and is great fun when he is presenting. Member only shows have a great chat feed with lots of useful aviation information.

I discovered Big Jet TV during lockdown and the daily shows filmed from Jerrys home with quizzes, Sim Vid, chat etc were a great morale booster. Jerry and Gilly, his technical guru deserve all the success possible.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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hammo19 said:
Jerry is a legend, he works tirelessly to bring live show from around the world. He is very knowledgeable and is great fun when he is presenting. Member only shows have a great chat feed with lots of useful aviation information.

I discovered Big Jet TV during lockdown and the daily shows filmed from Jerrys home with quizzes, Sim Vid, chat etc were a great morale booster. Jerry and Gilly, his technical guru deserve all the success possible.
He’s a great bloke and entertaining but he’s definitely not knowledgeable about aviation, from what he says on his live streams anyway.


Simpo Two

87,029 posts

272 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Main evening news yesterday and being interviewed on R4 this morning They seemed quite envious of his presentation skills!

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Simpo Two said:
Main evening news yesterday and being interviewed on R4 this morning They seemed quite envious of his presentation skills!
…and viewing figures.hehe

BBC reporter reluctantly said:
More than the Olympics at one point

Simpo Two

87,029 posts

272 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Crossflow Kid said:
…and viewing figures.hehe
I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up as a Radio 2 DJ, in a tiptoptasticallymungous way...

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Simpo Two said:
Crossflow Kid said:
…and viewing figures.hehe
I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up as a Radio 2 DJ, in a tiptoptasticallymungous way...
I can quite easily imagine a low budget Brit-flick comedy-drama about the whole thing.

Royal Jelly

3,758 posts

205 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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His enthusiasm is refreshing, for sure. He is, however, pretty clueless in an innocent kind of way. I think that actually works better for his channel, in a way.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Royal Jelly said:
His enthusiasm is refreshing, for sure. He is, however, pretty clueless in an innocent kind of way. I think that actually works better for his channel, in a way.
I said this earlier on another thread. He’s pitching at just the right level for the average armchair viewer.
We don’t need James May banging on about Vmax for the undercarriage or Decision Heights and the minimum RoC for a Go Around.
None of that makes an iota of difference to the palpable tension of watching 300 tonnes slam in to the runway in 70mph crosswinds.

xx99xx

2,246 posts

80 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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I wouldn't be surprised if there is a week long 'big jet live' on BBC with Jerry presenting, at some point. We've had springwatch, autumnwatch, winterwatch etc and all the fly on the wall documentaries so this could be another one.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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xx99xx said:
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a week long 'big jet live' on BBC with Jerry presenting, at some point. We've had springwatch, autumnwatch, winterwatch etc and all the fly on the wall documentaries so this could be another one.
They’ve already tried before
It was dreadful, because they overthought it and tried to explain away every last detail of airport ops, a great deal of which is either too technical for the average viewer to grasp or, at the other end of the spectrum, monumentally dull even with Kate Humble having a bit of a moment over it.
Jerry has proved all you need is some sporty weather, a handicam, several large airliners, bags and bags of enthusiasm topped off with a “Thinking out loud” approach to commentary.

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 19th February 17:16

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Crossflow Kid said:
Royal Jelly said:
His enthusiasm is refreshing, for sure. He is, however, pretty clueless in an innocent kind of way. I think that actually works better for his channel, in a way.
I said this earlier on another thread. He’s pitching at just the right level for the average armchair viewer.
We don’t need James May banging on about Vmax for the undercarriage or Decision Heights and the minimum RoC for a Go Around.
None of that makes an iota of difference to the palpable tension of watching 300 tonnes slam in to the runway in 70mph crosswinds.
Agreed. I love his infectious enthusiasm and it works really well. The coverage is fantastic it’s pitched at exactly the right level for people to get into as viewing figures show.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 19th February 2022
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Crossflow Kid said:
They’ve already tried before
It was dreadful, because they overthought it and tried to explain away every last detail of airport ops, a great deal of which is either too technical for the average viewer to grasp or, at the other end of the spectrum, monumentally dull even with Kate Humble having a bit of a moment over it.
Jerry has proved all you need is some sporty weather, a handicam, several large airliners, bags and bags of enthusiasm topped off with a “Thinking out loud” approach to commentary.

Edited by Crossflow Kid on Saturday 19th February 17:16
Yeah that didn’t work, it’s too in-depth for the casual viewer and not technical enough for people really into it.