The none journo corrupted document is at;
http://www.publications.parliament.u...ce/295/295.pdf
It's good to see that the Committee is comprised of well informed experts:
Q98 Chairman: But other countries struggle by
without Nimrods?
Mr Gould: They certainly have struggled. Most
other countries that have this use something called
the P3 which is a Lockheed Orion aircraft. That was
a contender, but it does not have the endurance of
Nimrod. Indeed, the Americans are moving to the
multi-role maritime aircraft and have been
struggling for about 15 years to try to find a way to
move from the P3 design to something more
capable.
Q99 Mr Holloway: It just seems bizarre to be doing
this to a rotting old 1950s aircraft?
Mr Gould: Most of it is new.
Q100 Mr Holloway: Not the one that I went on
recently, although maybe the electronic gizmos are
new.
Mr Gould: The wings, engines and undercarriage
are new.
Q101 Robert Key: The airframe is not.
Mr Gould: The fuselage is not.