nimrod mr4 first flight date
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Boys and girls wait for tranche 2 of cuts.... Bufhoon mentioned something along the lines of "the option for the procurement of MR4 will rely upon successful testing flights"
so if I was BWoS, i would be asking,
What happens if Boscombe tests say its unflyable?
so if I was BWoS, i would be asking,
What happens if Boscombe tests say its unflyable?
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Mad Mark
Ahh yes the future for MRA4 is all rosy post Buffhoons cuts!! NOT!!
Let me see, 21 to 18 and now down to 12?? Mmm. A typical British "Creeping Cancellation"
And how successful has its first flight been then??
Hee hee.....
Ahh yes the future for MRA4 is all rosy post Buffhoons cuts!! NOT!!
Let me see, 21 to 18 and now down to 12?? Mmm. A typical British "Creeping Cancellation"
And how successful has its first flight been then??
Hee hee.....
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Gorilla, I was simply responding to your earlier post...
As I said, 12 Jul has come and gone and MRA4 has not (some may say 'yet') been cancelled.
And as for those in power that seriously believe that we will be able to continue the current tasks (and indeed the rumoured increased number of tasks) with half the current fleet are out to lunch big time!
Mad Mark!!!
12 Jul 04 - cancellation date!!!!
And as for those in power that seriously believe that we will be able to continue the current tasks (and indeed the rumoured increased number of tasks) with half the current fleet are out to lunch big time!
Mad Mark!!!
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I hope for all your sakes it DOES!! fly and is eventually accepted into service, for I can be unbearably smug when I am proven to be right!!!
Time my friends, will tell all!!!
Time my friends, will tell all!!!
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I believe Buff said the MARITIME requirement could be met with about 12 aircraft. Therefore, if you can find another role then you could argue to keep the others. Or am I too much of an optimist.....my glass is half full.
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Unmissable, In response to your post they do have another role and they dont have enough airframes to carry out these tasks. Incidentally this includes very little of what the airframe was built to do in the first place, so how the crews are going to cope from next April is beyond me.
Still if it makes an accountants spreadsheet balance then it must be OK
Still if it makes an accountants spreadsheet balance then it must be OK
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With only 12 airframes actually being completed, the MRA4 will be more expensive than the Merlin. Why not ditch it and buy the 737 MMA instead. Plenty of C3s kicking about as well.
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After a lot of searching and delving through MOD sites found this quote from Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup which I think sums up this governments attitude when they have to get a serving officer say what Buffoon couldn't say in his speech.
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How much work is the question which needs answering asap,if this lot have any credibility left.
We will reduce the number of Nimrod MR2 aircraft from 21 to 16, reflecting a lower submarine threat to the UK at least, but acknowledging the Nimrod force’s wider capabilities. The requirement could in future be met by around 12 of the more capable Nimrod MRA4 although much work will be required with industry before a decision is reached.
How much work is the question which needs answering asap,if this lot have any credibility left.
