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by **markll** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:06 am

Great screens Marty, you managed to make a *Nimrod* look almost good!!

by **Ian Warren** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:19 am

Nice 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 ?.

by **Splitpin** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:01 am

Thanks Mark and Ian .

by **Adrian Brausch** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:45 pm

most excellent pics Marty ,..I do love the Nimrod..perfect blend of grace and purpose

by **Timmy74** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:04 pm

Again splitpin!

AWESOME!!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing.

by **Splitpin** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:53 pm

Timmy and AB, thanks for looking.

by **connor** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:17 pm

Great one SP, definitely a model I will be having a fly in soon.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:21 pm

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

.. so how do they load there weapons ..

... may sneak in at night

by **deaneb** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:20 pm

Ian 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 .. so how do they load there weapons .. ... may sneak in at night

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.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:49 pm

deaneb 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"

by **Charl** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:50 pm

deaneb 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.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:55 pm

Charl 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

by **Splitpin** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:02 pm

Charl 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.

by **Ian Warren** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:43 pm

Splitpin 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

by **Charl** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:01 pm

Ian 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 bad

True... Very restrained of you, sir!
But then I certainly set you up for:

QUOTE

Old but newer .. always a Boeing

[/quote]Ouch

Nice pics Marty!
Especially the last one where you can't see the turkey neck so well...

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