BAE Nimrod

[Mossie]

Excellent, thanks Mossie!

Your're welcome Harro!

[kitnut617]

Why did they change it to hemp?

This might answer your question, it looks pink in this photo but then it always seems to change into another colour in various light

[PR19_Kit]

When the 'RAF's Best Air Traffic Controller' was based at Lossiemouth I used to nip over to Kinloss to watch the mighty hunters do their thing for an afternoon.

Kinloss had, and presumably still has, a weird arrangement of dispersals where some aircraft are parked in shade and some out on a monster pan type area. The Hemp colour could look totally different depending on where the aircraft was parked, and I had some pics of a few of them somewhere, taken in my 35 mm days, but goodness knows where they are now.

[Captain Canada]

True for sure Kit ! Would love to see those pics if you find them. When we visited Stornoway in the late 90s we saw the Nimrods doing overshots there a few times. Awesome sight.

[Gondor]

True for sure Kit ! Would love to see those pics if you find them. When we visited Stornoway in the late 90s we saw the Nimrods doing overshots there a few times. Awesome sight.

I used to live at RAF St.Mawgan so saw and heard them often. One wit said that if they cleaned the Nimrod up a bit it would make a nice airliner 

Gondor

[McColm]

RAF St.Mawgan , been there when I did my induction course with the Royal Auxiliary Air Force back in 1986. Had my first flight on a Nimrod, managed to get 7 flights in total over 11 years.

[Captain Canada]

Lucky. The pair of you ! And it would make a good airliner, if cleaned up, that is 

[Gondor]

Lucky. The pair of you ! And it would make a good airliner, if cleaned up, that is 

One flight in a VC10 and one in a Nimrod. The crew do like their food though and as soon as the aircraft had rotated off the runway they were in the galley!

Gondor

[McColm]

That's because the food is free on board and sometimes better than what's served in the officer's mess.

[Gondor]

That's because the food is free on board and sometimes better than what's served in the officer's mess.

Cheese and Pickle sandwiches or Ham sandwiches are hardly what I would call better than food in an Officers Mess and I have eaten in one!

Gondor

[KiwiZac]

And it would make a good airliner, if cleaned up, that is 

Now there's an idea for a model! An airliner Nimrod... 

[PR19_Kit]

And it would make a good airliner, if cleaned up, that is 

Now there's an idea for a model! An airliner Nimrod... 

It would be able to carry a LOT of freight for sure! 

But now you mention it I had one as a Christmas pressie a while ago, and I have a LOT of airliner decals, admittedly in 1/144 scale, but that's what computers and printers exist for............. 

[Captain Canada]

That's a thought as well, a cargo/ combi version of it for the RAF. And Canada of course. Trainer, transport etc. The more the merrier !

[KiwiZac]

With all the various aerials and pods removed - and a ton of windows - it would look very cool.



Great. Now I have to buy a Nimrod.

[Captain Canada]

Great. Now I have to buy a Nimrod.

...or two