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Old 15th Oct 2014, 22:57
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nimbev
 
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We have a Camouflage Working Group?
Flew on the visibility trials when the Nimrod was first painted Hemp. We flew a pair of aircraft; one white, one freshly painted, against ships and fighter aircraft at a variety of ranges and heights. The Camouflage guys from Farnborough were invited along as observers.

Whole trial was a waste of time as

1. The camouflage group had not been consulted about the new colour scheme and were therefore pissed off to start with

2. The first thing anybody saw were the smoke trails from the engines and then two black dots - didnt make any difference whether one was camouflaged or not.

and finally - the aircraft had been painted the wrong colour anyway (it was nick-named the Flying Turd so you can guess the colour) and the remainder of the fleet was to be painted a different (ie the correct) colour

Anyway we had a few leisurely flights burning holes in the sky and eating Jock Pies and beans. To be fair, the Nimrod colour scheme was intended to provide protection whilst on the ground.
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