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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:36 pmPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:06 amGreat screens Marty, you managed to make a *Nimrod* look almost good!! 
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 amNice shots Marty , one thing i noticed with the Nimrods was just how loud they are after doing a flypast , No.38 at low level pulled up releasing flares and up a steep angle and bank , those Speys really have a roar of a combat jet 
, on the ground one eluded me .. or least never bothered to ask was loading weapons , was it a back bending task or did they have loading bays for them ?.
, on the ground one eluded me .. or least never bothered to ask was loading weapons , was it a back bending task or did they have loading bays for them ?.Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:01 amThanks Mark and Ian .
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:45 pmmost excellent pics Marty ,..I do love the Nimrod..perfect blend of grace and purpose 
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:04 pmAgain splitpin!
AWESOME!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing.
AWESOME!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:53 pmTimmy and AB, thanks for looking.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:17 pmGreat one SP, definitely a model I will be having a fly in soon. 
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:21 pmStill waiting for a respond on loading weapons .. the maritime destructor ... look how low these sit with bomb doors open ... ya have to be a skinny fella to even crawl between the ground and bomb door 
.. so how do they load there weapons .. 
... may sneak in at night
.. so how do they load there weapons .. ... may sneak in at night Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:20 pmIan Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 19 2012,7:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Still waiting for a respond on loading weapons .. the maritime destructor ... look how low these sit with bomb doors open ... ya have to be a skinny fella to even crawl between the ground and bomb door
Yeah - they recruit 2ft tall Armourers to work on Nimrods. haha. You are right they are very low and I believe that the Nimrod bases have pits that they can be positioned over to be loaded. I have looked all over the Nimrod at two Fincastles I went to. Bloody horrible planes from a design/maintenance point of view, but they did the job for the RAF I guess.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:49 pmdeaneb wrote:QUOTE (deaneb @ Apr 19 2012,10:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah - they recruit 2ft tall Armourers to work on Nimrods. haha. You are right they are very low and I believe that the Nimrod bases have pits
Based in and around primary bases .. Fincastles , how did they get around the loading there .. back the planes on jacks or oversized car-ramps , not a very internationally thought out deployment plan ... I was call a "Norwenign racing sardine" the other day , now they could easy slip in under that bay door... now who has ever heard of that saying "Norwenign racing sardines"
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:50 pmdeaneb wrote:QUOTE (deaneb @ Apr 19 2012,9:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>but they did the job for the RAF I guess.Not... it really was a question no-one had asked.
AWACS/Rivet Joint etc etc did a better job at a fraction of the cost.
They rightly got the chop after killing aircrew (It's a Comet in drag, remember?).
Must've been a world first, a military aircraft dumped by popular clamour from the citizenry.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:55 pmCharl wrote:QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 19 2012,10:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>They rightly got the chop after killing aircrew (It's a Comet in drag, remember?).
I bit my tounge here ,... Comet .. long ways the plane really has its history in proving points .. good and bad
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:02 pmCharl wrote:QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 19 2012,9:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not... it really was a question no-one had asked.
AWACS/Rivet Joint etc etc did a better job at a fraction of the cost.
They rightly got the chop after killing aircrew (It's a Comet in drag, remember?).
Must've been a world first, a military aircraft dumped by popular clamour from the citizenry.
Vert true Charl, and they are being replaced by even older Boeing airframes..i think.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:43 pmSplitpin wrote:QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 20 2012,6:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Vert true Charl, and they are being replaced by even older Boeing airframes..i think.
Old but newer .. always a Boeing
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:01 pmIan Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 19 2012,9:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I bit my tounge here ,... Comet .. long ways the plane really has its history in proving points .. good and badTrue... Very restrained of you, sir!
But then I certainly set you up for:QUOTEOld but newer .. always a Boeing[/quote]Ouch
Nice pics Marty!
Especially the last one where you can't see the turkey neck so well...
Always a Classic , the original Boeing i mean .. but so can be said for the De Havilland
Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 19 2012,9:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Based in and around primary bases .. Fincastles , how did they get around the loading there .. back the planes on jacks or oversized car-ramps , not a very internationally thought out deployment plan ...
The simple answer is - they didn't need the bomb bay for anything. Fincastle is about hunting. The killing is faked by a dropping a very small underwater charge which is not dropped via the bomb bay. This charge creates enough sound to alert the submarine that they have been blown to smithereens!
Thanks Deane , was'nt sure if was a live firing exercise , still the real time load of weapon would require a recessed bay been a while since i reed about the operations of the Nimrod .