Nimrod r1 xv249
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Nimrod r1 xv249
Just watching XV249 on the final climbout from Waddington as it departs to a new life at Cosford. End of an era for 51 Sqn, but hopefully just the beginning of a new period in the Squadron's history. Sad day for all those who have served on the various marks of the Nimrod, but at least XW664/XV249 have found new homes and not ending up in a scrapyard.
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Good memories
Lurked here for a while but now been moved to post! Worked on XV249 during her conversion at Woodford, and many times since. A sad day, will need to take the family for a visit to Cosford museum methinks.
A few snaps of XV249 leaving RAF Waddington. All the best, Mike 
NIMROD-XV249-1 by llihmot, on Flickr
NIMROD-XV249-2 by llihmot, on Flickr
NIMROD-XV249-3 by llihmot, on Flickr
NIMROD-XV249-4 by llihmot, on Flickr
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NIMROD-XV249-1 by llihmot, on Flickr
NIMROD-XV249-2 by llihmot, on Flickr
NIMROD-XV249-3 by llihmot, on Flickr
NIMROD-XV249-4 by llihmot, on Flickr
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Good luck landing at Cosford! It's awfully short.
The option to send an MR2 to the RAF Museum at Cosford was firmly stamped on for safety reasons; short runway, gross landing performance, lack of experience using 'short' runways (nobody left who'd been at Stanley). There was an option for a road move, though.
Oh, and all the best for the future, Mike!
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The option to send an MR2 to the RAF Museum at Cosford was firmly stamped on for safety reasons; short runway, gross landing performance, lack of experience using 'short' runways (nobody left who'd been at Stanley). There was an option for a road move, though.
Oh, and all the best for the future, Mike!
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All the best in your new job Mike, it was good fun flying with you over the years and spending some memorable and not so memorable dets together. No doubt I will catch up with you from time to time at the Association gatherings, especially as I'm now a fully paid up member. Steve
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The shortest runway available in the NDS was, I think, 6000'; in order to practise landing on a 3700' piece of tarmac with a ravine at one end and a railway embankment at the other end I suspect that you had to squint a bit! Or try some 1664 before hand!
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