nimrod mr4 first flight date
Inter Arma Enim Silentius Lex Legis
Join Date: May 2000
Location: England
Posts: 733
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Don't be bakin that ole humble pie just yet!!
I can't find a reliable source anywhere to prove this event has taken place!! A few faked foto's on this site and a bit of back slapping does not a test flight make!!
Come on people point out an official web site where I can view this magnificent feat against all odds!!!
As for my other predictions? Well it looks like my beloved Newcastle will sign Wayne Rooney this weekend and then we really will win the premiership this year!!!
I can't find a reliable source anywhere to prove this event has taken place!! A few faked foto's on this site and a bit of back slapping does not a test flight make!!
Come on people point out an official web site where I can view this magnificent feat against all odds!!!
As for my other predictions? Well it looks like my beloved Newcastle will sign Wayne Rooney this weekend and then we really will win the premiership this year!!!
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Cheshire, UK
Age: 60
Posts: 173
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
http://www.baesystems.com/newsroom/2004/aug/260804news3.htm
Mind you this could be faked as well. No piccies sadly
JT
Mind you this could be faked as well. No piccies sadly
JT
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The North
Posts: 13
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have a cracking picture of the Nimrod but I can't work out how to get it on here......sorry for being dull but I have only just registered and have never posted before.
Can anyone explain.....in lamens terms please!
Can anyone explain.....in lamens terms please!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: UK, sometimes!
Age: 74
Posts: 436
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I can't find a reliable source anywhere to prove this event has taken place!! A few faked foto's on this site and a bit of back slapping does not a test flight make!!
Best you get in touch with the BBC and complain about them making up a news story and showing fake footage of something that never happened 
Mad Mark!!!
(Or perhaps it was just in a hangar 
)
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Preston
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: warwickshire
Posts: 115
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Read somewhere that on the first flight it flew longer due to 'lower than expected fuel consumption', hopefully this will mean that it will beat its performace specs accross the board
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
PA1 flew for longer than expected because the flight went so well.
Once at Warton and after all the media scrummage the aircraft was towed to a hangar to be stripped and checked and made ready for the next flight..
Handling and other flight checks were obviously not pushed with it being first flight. That will come later this year.
Once at Warton and after all the media scrummage the aircraft was towed to a hangar to be stripped and checked and made ready for the next flight..
Handling and other flight checks were obviously not pushed with it being first flight. That will come later this year.
Last edited by CFARther; 1st Sep 2004 at 07:02.
Inter Arma Enim Silentius Lex Legis
Join Date: May 2000
Location: England
Posts: 733
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Enough abuse already!!
I may have been wr
I may have been wro#
I may have been wron..
No I can't say it!!
But in Officer speak I can say that my prediction may have been slightly inaccurate!!
I have trawled backwards through my previous comments concerning this large white elephant and I can see where some of you may have been misled. I have always said and still say the the Nimrod MRA4 will never fly!! Of course where the confusion lies is that last week the Airframe PA01 flew not a Nimrod MRA4. We still have a long ways to go before that happens!! Trying to fit all that complex electronics down the back of a narrow 1950's tube may well be the end to this project!! Just like the last Nimrod thingy!!
And of course I never saw the Sir Bobby Robson sacking coming either!! What price my prediction for Newcastle now??
Go one fire away! I deserve it!!
I may have been wr
I may have been wro#
I may have been wron..
No I can't say it!!
But in Officer speak I can say that my prediction may have been slightly inaccurate!!
I have trawled backwards through my previous comments concerning this large white elephant and I can see where some of you may have been misled. I have always said and still say the the Nimrod MRA4 will never fly!! Of course where the confusion lies is that last week the Airframe PA01 flew not a Nimrod MRA4. We still have a long ways to go before that happens!! Trying to fit all that complex electronics down the back of a narrow 1950's tube may well be the end to this project!! Just like the last Nimrod thingy!!
And of course I never saw the Sir Bobby Robson sacking coming either!! What price my prediction for Newcastle now??
Go one fire away! I deserve it!!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 102
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ought we not to give the gorilla a break? Did he not verbalise the innermost thoughts of even the most die hard maritime man?
My hypothesis is that he did in fact just that. Congratulations to all those involved in this first flight. For all those who seek to mock (myself included at some stages!) this project, I hope a new sense of optimism is born.
A fleet of Nimrod MRA4 aircraft in service in the near future will only enhance our air force.
S15
My hypothesis is that he did in fact just that. Congratulations to all those involved in this first flight. For all those who seek to mock (myself included at some stages!) this project, I hope a new sense of optimism is born.
A fleet of Nimrod MRA4 aircraft in service in the near future will only enhance our air force.
S15
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Cheshire, UK
Age: 56
Posts: 500
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Was very glad to see the damn thing fly at last
Was one who observed the many test flights from Woodford in the 80s of the extended nose and tail cones. And I enjoyed the Vulcan getting fitted with refueling nozzle.
No - that does not make me an expert. But have an interest -
So this is the result ? The result of many, many years of Government bungling.
Does it actually bring any benefit in terms of a strategic part of UK defences ?
We seem to have made done with the old stuff. I am very impressed with how what is basicaly an old Comet airframe and how it has been turned into something decent.
I am a tad pissed off here with all the knocks.
I think an official statement would be appropriate.
LL34
Was one who observed the many test flights from Woodford in the 80s of the extended nose and tail cones. And I enjoyed the Vulcan getting fitted with refueling nozzle.
No - that does not make me an expert. But have an interest -
So this is the result ? The result of many, many years of Government bungling.
Does it actually bring any benefit in terms of a strategic part of UK defences ?
We seem to have made done with the old stuff. I am very impressed with how what is basicaly an old Comet airframe and how it has been turned into something decent.
I am a tad pissed off here with all the knocks.
I think an official statement would be appropriate.
LL34
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Select Commitee on Defence - Procurement Approach
The original contract for the supply of aircraft, training systems and an interim support package was the result of competitive tendering. As a result of the recent re-structuring however, the development and production of the first three Nimrod MRA4s as development aircraft will continue, with first flight planned for 2004. We have agreed with the Company that there should be a controlled and economic cessation of series production until design has reached a level of demonstrated maturity during trials on the first three aircraft. If the potential for the Nimrod MRA4 as an "adaptable aircraft" can be realised and is cost effective, we will ensure that the necessary provisions for adaptability are included in the first batch of production aircraft. At the appropriate time, we will consider whether to launch the production of the remaining Nimrod aircraft to a new adaptable standard or the existing MRA4 standard. We will also consider at the appropriate time whether it would be economic to convert the remaining development aircraft to a production standard.
The original contract for the supply of aircraft, training systems and an interim support package was the result of competitive tendering. As a result of the recent re-structuring however, the development and production of the first three Nimrod MRA4s as development aircraft will continue, with first flight planned for 2004. We have agreed with the Company that there should be a controlled and economic cessation of series production until design has reached a level of demonstrated maturity during trials on the first three aircraft. If the potential for the Nimrod MRA4 as an "adaptable aircraft" can be realised and is cost effective, we will ensure that the necessary provisions for adaptability are included in the first batch of production aircraft. At the appropriate time, we will consider whether to launch the production of the remaining Nimrod aircraft to a new adaptable standard or the existing MRA4 standard. We will also consider at the appropriate time whether it would be economic to convert the remaining development aircraft to a production standard.