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News regarding Nimrods
News regarding Nimrods
hi all anyone heard anything else regarding Nimrod scrapping date? sats weather looks bad ie fog so going to risk waiting till sunday
cheers for any info
cheers for any info
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Early next week is the current rumour...
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Cheers Chris its this weekend or never by sounds then
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Blimey,that quick? They want them out the way asap don't they.ChrisGlobe wrote:Early next week is the current rumour...
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Awful they should've gone to museums! Or been left in a hangar, what use will scrapping them gain? Not like we have any Rods to use the parts on
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As of 1500 today, the scrapping area was cleared of all debris from the first four frames.
By 1600, both PA06 and PA10 had been wheeled into the area, and the screens closed up again.
PA06 was stripped of engines flaps and tail before towing in, PA10 was reasonably complete, although the tail modifications were only part finished and the engines had been removed.
RIP the next two.
Regards,
By 1600, both PA06 and PA10 had been wheeled into the area, and the screens closed up again.
PA06 was stripped of engines flaps and tail before towing in, PA10 was reasonably complete, although the tail modifications were only part finished and the engines had been removed.
RIP the next two.
Regards,
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Woodford's right at least one or 2 should have been preserved at Museums!
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Yawn!Unknown74 wrote:Woodford's right at least one or 2 should have been preserved at Museums!
How many times does it need to be said, BAE and the MOD released a paper to various museums in the UK advising them they were available if they wanted them. No-one did, so they'll be scrapped.
Here endeth the big circle we appear to be stuck in, please?!
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I'm quite surprised they offered museums the opportunity to take them off their hands. I'd have thought the MoD and BAe wouldn't have wanted the MRA4s hanging around to remind people what a huge failure and waste of money it was!
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I'm not too clued up on which PA number corresponds to which airframe - are PA06 and PA10 ZJ516 and 518?
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PA-06 is ZJ519 and PA-10 is ZJ523.Ben Montgomery wrote:I'm not too clued up on which PA number corresponds to which airframe - are PA06 and PA10 ZJ516 and 518?
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Much obliged
We're flying out of Manchester to Hamburg next week, and vaguely hoping there will be a chance to go and see the two complete frames if they are still there
We're flying out of Manchester to Hamburg next week, and vaguely hoping there will be a chance to go and see the two complete frames if they are still there
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They're not going anywhere any time soon Ben, I'll let you know if that changes though.
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Will be pretty dark by the time we get back and I doubt the bus will go up Old Hall Lane.
If they're still there when we go to the hangars then we can see them then
If they're still there when we go to the hangars then we can see them then
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