In marked contrast to previous days, Monday March 14th started off with a thin layer of overnight frost, quickly melting as temperatures rapidly increased to give a pleasant coats-off day with little wind. Ideal for golf and whippet walking - no flat cap required.
First out was PA2, with the support team in escort attendance, walking the now gutted airframe to the scrapping compound.
At 1300 it was PA1's turn -
Photos Here - taking a routing along the aerodrome's western boundary where former employees and associates stood in silence and disbelief at this, the finale of what they had been observing these past weeks, namely the destruction and eradication of the Nimrod MRA4.
It was one thing seeing the aircraft under tow, but it was a totally different experience, not obvious from sound-less pictures on a web site, to feel the ground shake beneath one's feet and to hear the metal screaming, as each bite of the machinery laid waste to a hapless victim.