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18th Jul 2007, 19:05

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Where are a the spares for Nimrods ? Well on Ebay of course !!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RAF-Nimrod-Air...QQcmdZViewItem

RAF Nimrod Aircraft Nav instrument gague unit

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fuel-Gauge-Comet-Nimrod-VC10-N-O-S_W0QQitemZ230125549640QQihZ013QQcategoryZ2983QQrdZ1QQssPage NameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Fuel Gauge - Comet/Nimrod/VC10 - N.O.S

http://www.publications.parliament.u...006.htm_wqn116

July 2007

Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times a (a) C17A Globemaster, (b) Hercules C-130K, (c) Hercules C-130J, (d) Tristar, (e) VC-10 and (f) Nimrod MR2 has been cannibalised for spare parts. [148270]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The removal of serviceable parts from one aircraft for use on another is a routine and temporary measure to ensure that the maximum number of aircraft are available to the front line.
The number of these instances over the last 12 months (June 2006-May 2007), by donor aircraft, is given in the following table.

Aircraft type Number of cannibalisations
C17 25

C130J 781

C130K 156

TriStar 188

VC10 116

Nimrod MR2 307

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