Nimrod - a beginner's question
I believe the reason for the Nimrod's odd shape is that the Comet 4 wasn't big enough to hold everything that needed to go inside it.
So why wasn't the (Super) VC-10 chosen, or even the Belfast or CL-44 if it HAD to be a British aircraft? I assume the CL-44 could have become British again.
At the time (I was 12) it felt to me as if the main point of the project was to find a home for two unsellable Comets.