nigegilb wrote:
NimAGE.....Are you doubting whether there was a fuel leak on XV230? Or is it commonplace to smell fuel on the flight deck of a Nimrod? I have completed many AAR sorties in the Herc and never witnessed a leak and never smelled fuel. To be honest, I am shocked by what is regarded as normal on the Nimrod Fleet.
I'm not sure whether it's commonplace nigegilb but it certainly happened at least once since the loss of XV230. Like you I think most people are shocked at what appears to be normal on the fleet.
Dec 2006
http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/nirmrodreport1.pdf
"prior to landing the conditioning was turned off as normal and the crew smelt fuel fumes in the aircraft."