The Olympic Flame Aboard An Aircraft? Never, Surely?

[squidgelet10]

Greetings each.
OK, so "the flame will be brought to the UK by the British delegation on a plane named Firefly on Friday evening, where there will be a welcoming ceremony at the Culdrose Royal Navy base in Cornwall."
How on Earth can they manage to do that then? Are there not a load of "Health and Safety" regulations which would prevent a naked flame being carried on an aircraft?
My own theory is that the flame will be quietly extinguished once on board, and then re-lit (probably with a cigarette lighter) just before exiting the plane.
Does anyone know better, please?
Be good!
Cheers.

[237SJ]

The lantern`s going to be put into a specially designed cradle which in turn will be fixed into a secure holding device on the aircraft. Dispensation to carry it has been granted by the CAA because it`s classed as a ceremonial flame.

[Celticv11]

Saw on the news flame inside a miners safety lamp

[Vicasso]

I read somewhere that the lantern, within which is the flame, is similar to the Davy safety lantern used by miners

[Vicasso]

As an aside, I can't fathom all the ritual, ceremony, priestesses etc. surrounding this. The custom of the flame being brought from Greece was instituted by the Nazis for the 1936 Berlin Games.

[Celticv11]

Anyone know what the 2012 logo represents?

[needawin]

Of course it's ok for a naked flame on a plane. Much safer than a tube of toothpaste.

[vivandorron]

O.K.....So the flame is kept alight in a Davy Lantern and can then be transferred back to the Olympic Torch. However, what happens if the torch becomes extinguished in a high wind, whilst being carried around the UK?.....I've heard a rumour that it is a gas filled torch with a cigarette lighter switch on it.

As regards the Logo...I think a very very small number of folk may know what it is supposed to be. So if there is an ABer who knows, I hope he/she will enlighten us.

Ron.

[sunny-dave]

The best explanation of the abominable logo is that it represents Lisa Simpson giving London a BJ ...

http://www.guardian.c...isasimpsontooktheolym

[vivandorron]

A hard one to swallow...but it's true.

Ron

[vivandorron]

Vicasso...You are correct in saying that the Olympic Torch Relay was introduced at the 1936 Games in Berlin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Flame

Ron.

[Hopkirk]

It's not all that long since you could strike a match and light up a cigarette on an aeroplane.

[weecalf]

Could a put it out if it was on a Spit fire

[DTCwordfan]

they light the jet turbines with the torch before take-off.......

at Culdrose, they will keep the torch in the kitchens with security guards but also light the kitchen stoves as back up. Somewhere, there is a back up flame even when running - look what happened at the flame-lighting ceremony when the virgin stood there like a wallah when the 1st flame went out, as the vestrals did their dance and wailings.

[weecalf]

Reminds me of the joke ...The guy said he had a hammer for fifty years just changed the head four times and the shaft four times.

[DTCwordfan]

not far from the truth, - take a 747 and how often that gets cycled out - even the internal frame ends up being rebuilt every 10 to 12 years, so the claim t

[DTCwordfan]

that a plane is over 25 years old is spurious.

[heathfield]

Production of the Dakota (DC3/C47) ended in the summer of 1945. Some are still flying.

[d9f1c7]

The method of transporting the flame in a plane has been used many times, all well devised and safe. Nothing to see here!