The new Nimrod.

[Splitpin]

RC-135-V/W for the RAF . 51 Sqn will operate them from Waddington on ISTAR work. The first one arrived in November last year , but crews have been training on USAF aircraft for some time.
Seems odd , that these airframes are older than the one's they replace .... just shows you, the old 707 will never die.





and the low light shot .... as ya do



Thanks to HJG , paint from Tony Madge .

[Charl]

Nice display, Marty...
Cobra Ball, Combat Sent, Rivet Joint.
All these extraordinary names and appendages can't hide the purity of the original design, eh?

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 6 2014,10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice display, Marty...
Cobra Ball, Combat Sent, Rivet Joint.
All these extraordinary names and appendages can't hide the purity of the original design, eh?

Thanks for looking Charl .... , your right lineage is everything .

[emfrat]

Great shots, (esp. No3) SP, and a much prettier bird - mind you, with the bigger engines and all those bits poking out, it looks suspiciously like the old "triumph of thrust over aerodynamics"

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (emfrat @ Apr 6 2014,10:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great shots, (esp. No3) SP, and a much prettier bird - mind you, with the bigger engines and all those bits poking out, it looks suspiciously like the old "triumph of thrust over aerodynamics"

More to come Mike , as Charl said "can't hide the purity of the original design" and the 707 is proof , its all about family.

[Ian Warren]

Go's after the 707, that's your original 717, CLASSIC !