Nimrod MR2 Out of Service Magazine - Stories, Photos & Dits Wanted
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Nimrod MR2 Out of Service Magazine - Yours for a small charitable donation
RAF Kinloss is compiling a commemorative magazine to mark the end of 40 years of service of the Nimrod. They would like to feature as many stories and photos from those that have served on the Mighty Hunter as possible.
If you have any publishable stories, photos or dits please email them to [email protected] please put "MR2 Magazine" in the subject line.
So that the magazine is published before the OSD please email ASAP. The deadline for content is the end of January!
Many thanks
KB
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If you have any publishable stories, photos or dits please email them to [email protected] please put "MR2 Magazine" in the subject line.
So that the magazine is published before the OSD please email ASAP. The deadline for content is the end of January!
Many thanks
KB
If you require more info please PM me.
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Good luck with it. I had the same job with the Jaguar finishing at Coningsby, fortunately I had access to all the photos saved from Coltishall, Rondots stuff and graphics genius that could do quick profiles for me. If you haven't done so already, Command Graphics are the people to package it and AIDU are the people to print it (hopefully still for free). They like good quality (300 DPI) images to work with, and would rather have too much to work with bar too little!
Get somebody who is good at proof reading to check if. It's amazing the number of such productions have major errors that people have missed!!
Get somebody who is good at proof reading to check if. It's amazing the number of such productions have major errors that people have missed!!
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Thanks. We already have the Graphics Dept and AIDU on standby. Hopefully just waiting for an avalanche of photos and stories that can be edited into a fitting momento.
If you have a story please get in touch.
KB
Thanks. We already have the Graphics Dept and AIDU on standby. Hopefully just waiting for an avalanche of photos and stories that can be edited into a fitting momento.
If you have a story please get in touch.
KB
kb661,
Is there going to be a Kinloss POC to obtain copies. Only did a mere 27 years with the MR1 & 2 fleets so understandably keen to get a copy.
Do you have photos of the two aircraft at the North Pole with the 2 x SSNs..done in the 90's I seem to recall, 1 x 206 Crew (I was there as the Grid qualed Nav) and one x CXX crew. I have a copy at the office in NZ, so although currently about 8000 miles away from Wellington I can get one of the guys to scan and send if you don't have that.
Unfortunately, most of the good Maritime stories are unfit for publication. Spindrifter anyone?
Is there going to be a Kinloss POC to obtain copies. Only did a mere 27 years with the MR1 & 2 fleets so understandably keen to get a copy.
Do you have photos of the two aircraft at the North Pole with the 2 x SSNs..done in the 90's I seem to recall, 1 x 206 Crew (I was there as the Grid qualed Nav) and one x CXX crew. I have a copy at the office in NZ, so although currently about 8000 miles away from Wellington I can get one of the guys to scan and send if you don't have that.
Unfortunately, most of the good Maritime stories are unfit for publication. Spindrifter anyone?
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Not long here - check your PMs
I was on the 120 ac and have some of the original prints from the Pole taken by the RAF PR phot (Rick Brewell IIRC) Bit big to scan though..... they're hanging on my wall too.
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I was on the 120 ac and have some of the original prints from the Pole taken by the RAF PR phot (Rick Brewell IIRC) Bit big to scan though..... they're hanging on my wall too.
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Magazine sections
What about a lifestyle section with recipes cooked in the galley and cocktails served on Dets??
"I concur" with the page 3 request
Charlie sends
"I concur" with the page 3 request
Charlie sends
Last edited by Charlie Luncher; 25th Jan 2010 at 00:54. Reason: cant spoll tew gud
Hangar party
What will be the arrangements for getting to the hangar party? I assume the dining in will be the great and the good only from off the station? As I'm going abroad for the next five weeks can you post the details here as I'll be checking as I travel around. TIA
The Ancient Mariner
The Ancient Mariner
Re recipes...
...breakfast for 26 in the outbound transit on Medex needed a bit of organising (and fresh ingredients) so wouldn't be allowed today.
Get those sitting around the galley table to roll up the streaky bacon into fairly tight rolls to the same density as the sausages and place in the aluminium foil dishes along with a halved tomato. Pop into the preheated oven. Baked beans go into the pan (you know, the one that seals stuck launcher gates) to heat through. Now the galley team butter bread and organise the paper plates. When the sausage and bacon is almost done crack an egg into each foil tray and back into the oven. Boil the water for the tea/coffee. Get someone else to hand round cups of OJ.
You can cook 7 trays at a time, so when the eggs are ready, dish out onto the cardboard plates c/w bread and butter and cutlery. Someone else takes the tea/coffee around.
And the next 7 trays are readied.
A whole crew can have a fresh cooked breakfast in about 45 - 60 mins. Which is a great start to a days work on a dank winters day. And at the end of it it's jugs of brandy sours at Akronelli. Hurrah!!
The Ancient Mariner
Get those sitting around the galley table to roll up the streaky bacon into fairly tight rolls to the same density as the sausages and place in the aluminium foil dishes along with a halved tomato. Pop into the preheated oven. Baked beans go into the pan (you know, the one that seals stuck launcher gates) to heat through. Now the galley team butter bread and organise the paper plates. When the sausage and bacon is almost done crack an egg into each foil tray and back into the oven. Boil the water for the tea/coffee. Get someone else to hand round cups of OJ.
You can cook 7 trays at a time, so when the eggs are ready, dish out onto the cardboard plates c/w bread and butter and cutlery. Someone else takes the tea/coffee around.
And the next 7 trays are readied.
A whole crew can have a fresh cooked breakfast in about 45 - 60 mins. Which is a great start to a days work on a dank winters day. And at the end of it it's jugs of brandy sours at Akronelli. Hurrah!!
The Ancient Mariner
Last edited by Rossian; 25th Jan 2010 at 11:02. Reason: spooling error
..and another thing...
...Garbage Bag salad to go with the steaks from the Commissary. Much nicer than it sounds.
Big Iceberg lettuces, smash the stalk end on the galley table. That makes the core easy to remove in a oner. Using a (washed) old fashioned dinghy knife (the one like a bowie knife) shred the lettuces roughly. Into the new placky rubbish bag.
Slice cucumber/tomato/red/green peppers/red onion (sliced v. thinly). Into the bag.
Two bottles of Kraft ready made salad dressings (but don't mix Thousand Island and Italian - yeuuuuch!) Into the bag.
Twist the top of the bag loosely and give the whole kit and caboodle a bloody good shake.
Et Voila!
Potato salad goes separately.
Steaks cooked to order on the oven.
The "infra red grill" was a bloody nightmare and frequently set of the underfloor warning bells which p**ed off the Eng.
The Ancient Mariner
Big Iceberg lettuces, smash the stalk end on the galley table. That makes the core easy to remove in a oner. Using a (washed) old fashioned dinghy knife (the one like a bowie knife) shred the lettuces roughly. Into the new placky rubbish bag.
Slice cucumber/tomato/red/green peppers/red onion (sliced v. thinly). Into the bag.
Two bottles of Kraft ready made salad dressings (but don't mix Thousand Island and Italian - yeuuuuch!) Into the bag.
Twist the top of the bag loosely and give the whole kit and caboodle a bloody good shake.
Et Voila!
Potato salad goes separately.
Steaks cooked to order on the oven.
The "infra red grill" was a bloody nightmare and frequently set of the underfloor warning bells which p**ed off the Eng.
The Ancient Mariner
It all started going downhill when the DCS changed from rectangular to circular, it made using the 11 points more difficult.
Recipe for Honkers:-
anything in the rations, seasoned with whatever was in the crew bag.
Recipe for Honkers:-
anything in the rations, seasoned with whatever was in the crew bag.
Last edited by Siggie; 25th Jan 2010 at 11:51. Reason: Typing under the iffluence, yer 'onor