The fate of one Nimrod has at least been decided
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The fate of one Nimrod has at least been decided
Well it has been rumoured for sometime now but i`m glad to be able to finally say that its official Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial at Elvington, York will recieve a "live" Nimrod MR2 . A crew has already been assembled to take care of her and maintain her to a high standard and enable fast taxi runs to be performed in front of museum visitors on the Thunder Days. Below I`ve included the official announcement which i recieved from the museum themselves.
The Royal Air Force today announced that the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial at Elvington , York is to recieve an iconic Nimrod MR2
Elvington will be the only Museum in the world to display a LIVE example of the remarkable Nimrod military reconnaissance aircraft.
Nimrod MR2, XV250 will be flown from RAF Kinloss into Elvington on April 13th where it will be maintained in full ground operational capacity as a 'live' aircraft.
From now XV250 will be part of the Museum's world class collection, alongside the huge Victor V-Bomber and Buccaneer Strike aircraft and will stand as a permanent tribute to the 14 British servicemen killed in Afghanistan when Nimrod XV 230 crashed at Kandahar on 2nd September 2006.
The multi million pound Nimrod was developed from the Comet, itself a revolutionary design which was the world's first jet airliner. Much of the development for the Nimrod was undertaken at BAe Systems at Brough, East Yorkshire, giving the aircraft a special local connection.
Nimrod, the 'mighty hunter' is found in the Book of Genesis, and for over 30 years the aircraft has continued to play an exceptional role in the defence of the British Isles and support in other operational theatres. The 'submarine hunting' role has developed into strategic military intelligence gathering, utilising state of the art equipment. The Nimrod MR2 has been described as the world's largest fighter, with the capability to carry Sidewinder air to air missiles!
Museum Director, Ian Reed said, "We have been working closely with our colleagues in the RAF for over a year on this project and are delighted at the confirmation announced today. Yorkshire Air Museum is probably the only major Museum in Europe capable of operating large jets of this type and in this way. It is also very appropriate that, as the Allied Air Forces Memorial, we are able to make a significant contribution to the memory of those servicemen in Afghanistan and Iraq who have lost their lives and those who daily risk their lives in the service of our country".
Nimrod MR2 XV250 seen lifting off from its home base RAF Kinloss 9th March 2010.
Everyone is more than welcome to come along to the museum and witness the arrival of the Mighty Hunter and at the same time admire the many other exhibits and aircraft on display at this excellent museum.
The Royal Air Force today announced that the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial at Elvington , York is to recieve an iconic Nimrod MR2
Elvington will be the only Museum in the world to display a LIVE example of the remarkable Nimrod military reconnaissance aircraft.
Nimrod MR2, XV250 will be flown from RAF Kinloss into Elvington on April 13th where it will be maintained in full ground operational capacity as a 'live' aircraft.
From now XV250 will be part of the Museum's world class collection, alongside the huge Victor V-Bomber and Buccaneer Strike aircraft and will stand as a permanent tribute to the 14 British servicemen killed in Afghanistan when Nimrod XV 230 crashed at Kandahar on 2nd September 2006.
The multi million pound Nimrod was developed from the Comet, itself a revolutionary design which was the world's first jet airliner. Much of the development for the Nimrod was undertaken at BAe Systems at Brough, East Yorkshire, giving the aircraft a special local connection.
Nimrod, the 'mighty hunter' is found in the Book of Genesis, and for over 30 years the aircraft has continued to play an exceptional role in the defence of the British Isles and support in other operational theatres. The 'submarine hunting' role has developed into strategic military intelligence gathering, utilising state of the art equipment. The Nimrod MR2 has been described as the world's largest fighter, with the capability to carry Sidewinder air to air missiles!
Museum Director, Ian Reed said, "We have been working closely with our colleagues in the RAF for over a year on this project and are delighted at the confirmation announced today. Yorkshire Air Museum is probably the only major Museum in Europe capable of operating large jets of this type and in this way. It is also very appropriate that, as the Allied Air Forces Memorial, we are able to make a significant contribution to the memory of those servicemen in Afghanistan and Iraq who have lost their lives and those who daily risk their lives in the service of our country".
Nimrod MR2 XV250 seen lifting off from its home base RAF Kinloss 9th March 2010.
Everyone is more than welcome to come along to the museum and witness the arrival of the Mighty Hunter and at the same time admire the many other exhibits and aircraft on display at this excellent museum.
I'm sure the powers that be could find a suitable spot for a Nimrod in AirSpace at IWM Duxford? It would look very nice alongside the Shackleton and Victor (and Comet, of course)
I don't know the runway length minima required for a Nimrod, but they got a B-52 in.......
I don't know the runway length minima required for a Nimrod, but they got a B-52 in.......
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I'm not sure if there is an 'official' list as yet; however, East Fortune is way too small - 450m! I'm also fairly certain that Duxford doesn't want one.
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Nice though it will be to see a Nimrod at Cosford....and a wholly deserved resting place given it's significance over the years....the logistics of getting it there will be "interesting" I feel, notably if it goes to Shawbury first and is then segmented for transportation by road.
I'm not a Nimrod engineer..the only time I touched the beast was to strip down XV246 at Waddo prior to it's transportation by air to Woodford....however....as we stripped it to the bare bones, cut the wings off ( literally ) there was still an awful lot left to move. The main spar is a very solid bit of kit for a start, as are the two spars in the fin...plus the height of these spars on a low loader would make life "interesting" to say the least with the rail bridge at Cosford as will the length of the fuselage..unless it gets chopped up into easy chunks and spliced together again later....but even that will require some serious engineering.
I have no idea as to the short field performance of a Nimrod...with regard to Cosfords equally short runway...but in it's time it has taken a B707 / VC10 ( albeit both have four T/R's rather than two and were on a one way trip )and a C-17 which duly departed again, so I am curious as to why it may not be possible, and, on the surface at least, considerably easier to fly the beast in..... in contrast to what will be a major logistical and engineering excercise.
Still be nice to see one there however....
I'm not a Nimrod engineer..the only time I touched the beast was to strip down XV246 at Waddo prior to it's transportation by air to Woodford....however....as we stripped it to the bare bones, cut the wings off ( literally ) there was still an awful lot left to move. The main spar is a very solid bit of kit for a start, as are the two spars in the fin...plus the height of these spars on a low loader would make life "interesting" to say the least with the rail bridge at Cosford as will the length of the fuselage..unless it gets chopped up into easy chunks and spliced together again later....but even that will require some serious engineering.
I have no idea as to the short field performance of a Nimrod...with regard to Cosfords equally short runway...but in it's time it has taken a B707 / VC10 ( albeit both have four T/R's rather than two and were on a one way trip )and a C-17 which duly departed again, so I am curious as to why it may not be possible, and, on the surface at least, considerably easier to fly the beast in..... in contrast to what will be a major logistical and engineering excercise.
Still be nice to see one there however....
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Thunderbird I suspect you have mistaken me for someone else! Either that or you're making some obscure reference to the point that I havn't the foggiest what you're talking about!
From the Solway Aviation Museum website.
The Museum have been offered an RAF Nimrod complete, for display at Carlisle. The aircraft would be a MK2, they are currently being decommissioned by a team at RAF Kinloss. There is no doubt that this would be a significant acquisition for the Museum and the North West as we were one of only three Museums to have been offered an aircraft complete. The main factors involved in choosing our Museum was our record in aircraft preservation despite the fact that we have no hangers, and direct access to a suitable runway. The decommissioning team at Kinloss were impressed by the repair state of our Vulcan, 27 years outside, and our Meteor, 35 years outside and were happy to deliver the aircraft to our safekeeping. The Nimrod would be a rare exhibit of an aircraft that can count the De-Havilland Comet Airliner as its direct ancestor and would explain to visitors the use of the different electronic systems on board the aircraft and their varied use from detecting submarines, sea rescue work to anti-terrorism surveillance.
We hope that we can persuade Stobarts to allow this historic and significant British aircraft to join our collection.
We hope that we can persuade Stobarts to allow this historic and significant British aircraft to join our collection.
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Ref: Nimrod v Cosford & LDA.
Is there not potential authorisation for a min crew (3?), min fuel, stripped out airframe to make a landing in ideal weather* conditions outside normal RTS limitations?
*Having positioned initially at Shawbury waiting for said ideal weather conditions, and/or stripped(unladen) by the MU staff.
I am sure that Paddy L in his day could have put a Nimrod on the piano keys and stopped her in time, and the logistics of borrowing a few fire engines to provide Cat 5 are far easier then butchering an aeroplane and then fixing it.
Is there not potential authorisation for a min crew (3?), min fuel, stripped out airframe to make a landing in ideal weather* conditions outside normal RTS limitations?
*Having positioned initially at Shawbury waiting for said ideal weather conditions, and/or stripped(unladen) by the MU staff.
I am sure that Paddy L in his day could have put a Nimrod on the piano keys and stopped her in time, and the logistics of borrowing a few fire engines to provide Cat 5 are far easier then butchering an aeroplane and then fixing it.
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DR,
I don't think that there is any concern with stopping in time at Cosford - how many Nimrods have touched down at the Spanish Road
Nowadays, however, that's not enough.
I doubt anyone will give clearance to operate outside the RTS.
Duncs
I don't think that there is any concern with stopping in time at Cosford - how many Nimrods have touched down at the Spanish Road
Nowadays, however, that's not enough.
I doubt anyone will give clearance to operate outside the RTS.
Duncs