TSM,
Why, please, do you persist in the fallacy there was "powder residue" etc covering the airframe ?.
Let me put this as politely as I can. I was involved with that airframe from mid October until Dec. I know every inch of it....it was part of my job and responsibility to do so....and I therefore feel justified in refuting your comments, based on 30+ years as an engineer, mil and civil, there was "excessive corrosion" when, for your benefit, there was not. The airframe was in very good condition overall as I have said and the patches of corrosion that were found, were small. Show me an aircraft of this era that doesn't have any corrosion by the way
The Nimrod topic is an emotive issue, for obvious reasons, however your assertation regarding the corrosion is misleading and erroneous. If you would care to post the photographs you say you took, and then identify the form of corrosion you say was present, please, please do. Possibly myself and the 15 other members on the team missed this ?
If not, may I respectfully suggest you adhere to a well known RAF expression and wind your neck in, sir.