Nimrod entry into service
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From the colouring its more likely 57 than 56 but why???
I've checked all command, group, and base possibilities and come up blank.
Could someone at Kinloss nip outside and have a look...
CS
I've checked all command, group, and base possibilities and come up blank.
Could someone at Kinloss nip outside and have a look...
CS
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I should have looked before!
On the back cover of 'Power to the Hunter' by Jim Hughes are the unit crests/badges/whatever of all the Kinloss based Units.
The last but one on the bomb doors is for the NMSU (Nimrod Major Servicing Unit) with a motto of COMHNADH DO'N T-SEALGAIR - whatever that means.
PS Just found it 'Assistance to the Hunter' in Gaelic
On the back cover of 'Power to the Hunter' by Jim Hughes are the unit crests/badges/whatever of all the Kinloss based Units.
The last but one on the bomb doors is for the NMSU (Nimrod Major Servicing Unit) with a motto of COMHNADH DO'N T-SEALGAIR - whatever that means.
PS Just found it 'Assistance to the Hunter' in Gaelic
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Distant Voice,
XV230 had another first, it was the first aircraft to go through NMSU for a major, I have a group photo taken on 1 June 1971, a small team of us handing back the aircraft on completion.
BR om15
XV230 had another first, it was the first aircraft to go through NMSU for a major, I have a group photo taken on 1 June 1971, a small team of us handing back the aircraft on completion.
BR om15
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nmsu crest is available to view at...
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Yeah Lonsdale I think thats a Phoenix as the motto of the NMSU Crest , it makes sense as for those that mind the old NMSU bar where the SNCOs mess lies now was the Phoenix (many a good night between that and the Hilton and Basset I think) 
Great paintjob on the bomb doors though , surely that was not done by Kinloss painters was it?
Great paintjob on the bomb doors though , surely that was not done by Kinloss painters was it?
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You say painters. more like sticker monkeys ! I think the tail is painted the bomb door crests are stickers/ transfers. Anyway painters and finishers are now civvies so are probably not contracted to show creative flair/ judgement/can do attitude/a great job achieved for the good of the service. etc etc
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
As for 'can do' it depends on the management. I know where my contract is flexed and what I can reasonable ask them to do on the edge of the contract.
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To be fair my previous comment was a bit out of line and a snipe which was misdirected, due to a gripe with another civillianised section with which i have to deal on occasion. I happen to know the Serco site manager at ISK and a he is a proffesional and decent chap, im sure XV226s paint job was a set specification anyway.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
ES, ty, I happen to know your site manager's boss too. He is a retired sqn ldr and a straight chap keen to balance expections of the customer with the demands of the company.
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Nimrod MRA4 entry into service
http://www.cae.com/news/details.ashx...=954&year=2009
As part of the United Kingdom’s Military Flying Training System (MFTS) program, Lockheed Martin has awarded CAE a contract to provide ground-based tactical mission training solutions for the UK military. CAE will provide tactical mission trainers to be used for training rear crews and observers in aircraft platforms such as the Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft and Merlin maritime helicopter.
Is this what they call Urgent Operational Requirements after all the MRA4 should be in service in the new year.
As part of the United Kingdom’s Military Flying Training System (MFTS) program, Lockheed Martin has awarded CAE a contract to provide ground-based tactical mission training solutions for the UK military. CAE will provide tactical mission trainers to be used for training rear crews and observers in aircraft platforms such as the Nimrod maritime reconnaissance aircraft and Merlin maritime helicopter.
Is this what they call Urgent Operational Requirements after all the MRA4 should be in service in the new year.
TD
The clue is in your quote:
ie not tactical mission training systems for MRA4 but tactical mission training systems for MFTS to train those destined for MRA4 and Merlin.
The clue is in your quote:
As part of the United Kingdom’s Military Flying Training System (MFTS) program
