BBC John Noakes Nimrod Trip?
 

I saw a tribute to Blue Peter John Noakes on you tube in which a clip showed John on a Nimrod Sortie. In what year was this and what squadron if known please?

I think it was one of the squadrons from Kinloss in an SAR role, it certainly wasn't 51 from Wyton, not even for a Blue Peter badge ;-) Possibly 1977.

The feats Noakes got up to for that programme were incredible, especially by today's standards, especially the freefall he did with the RAF flying Falcons display team.

According to Morayvia's Dave Brown

From the Morayvia Facebook page...

https://i.imgur.com/NkWRJ3b.jpg

I remember him ripping the seat of his trousers off demonstrating how to get in to Culley's Camel at Yeovilton
It wasn't transmitted..

Nothing like a Nimrod but he also did a feature on the Campbell Cricket autogyro while with Blue Peter and flew a student gyroglider with an instructor.

John Noakes also flew with the Reds when they had Gnats

That's a hell of a barf bag John's carrying...

Recall Val Singleton did a "pinch hitter" (thanks to someone on here who taught me that term!) flying course with OATS for Blue Peter back in about 1972.

That will be the pies

I was one of the navs on that trip - it was 201 Sqn. One of the camera crew turned a most peculiar colour when I asked him if he wanted a curry for lunch. If it was 1978 it was either 14 Jul with Phil Zarraga, or 19 Sep, 24 Oct, 1 Nov with Chris Fitzpatrick.

On the 25/26 April 1978 BBC TV presenter John Noakes and the ‘Blue Peter’ team visited 120 Sqn and recorded a programme about life on the squadron and had a flight in a Nimrod.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ee18b88ebd.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9fde477496.jpg

... and here's one I flew earlier ... :)