PPRuNe Forums

Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Aircrew Forums > Military Aviation
Reload this Page >

Would the Nimrod have found this

Register
FAQ
Calendar
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory
Military Aviation A forum for the professionals who fly military hardware. Also for the backroom boys and girls who support the flying and maintain the equipment, and without whom nothing would ever leave the ground. All armies, navies and air forces of the world equally welcome here.

Would the Nimrod have found this

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 29th Apr 2019, 18:09
  #1 (permalink)  
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: scotland
Posts: 547
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Would the Nimrod have found this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48090616
KPax is offline  
Reply
Old 29th Apr 2019, 19:20
  #2 (permalink)  
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Peripatetic
Posts: 17,367
Received 1,568 Likes on 714 Posts
Find it? They’d probably have dropped a depth charge or a torpedo on it.
ORAC is online now  
Reply
Old 29th Apr 2019, 23:17
  #3 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Over the hills and far away
Posts: 93
Received 7 Likes on 2 Posts
ORAC-must be ex RN as all they could do was track them selves ��
Radley is offline  
Reply
Old 30th Apr 2019, 10:42
  #4 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Just outside Newbury
Age: 55
Posts: 289
Received 29 Likes on 5 Posts
Talking
Judging by its white and pink hue, I imagine any former kipperfleet patrols would have ignored it, assuming it was just another Moray local out for a swim (and before the outrage bus leaves Forres or Elgin bus stations, I am a Moray local (just not as pasty))!
Maxibon is offline  
Reply
Old 30th Apr 2019, 11:27
  #5 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: uk
Posts: 789
Received 32 Likes on 10 Posts
Found it? We'd haveput it in a stew.
oxenos is offline  
Reply
Old 30th Apr 2019, 14:43
  #6 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: One Three Seven, Disco Heaven.
Age: 65
Posts: 2,535
Likes: 0
Received 29 Likes on 16 Posts
You'd better not have killed it, or you'd have Chris Packham blubbering all over the mejja.
Dan Gerous is offline  
Reply
Old 30th Apr 2019, 16:09
  #7 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Richard Burtonville, South Wales.
Posts: 2,338
Received 61 Likes on 44 Posts
Originally Posted by Dan Gerous
You'd better not have killed it, or you'd have Chris Packham blubbering all over the mejja.
They'd have eaten him too!

CG
charliegolf is online now  
Reply
Old 30th Apr 2019, 18:25
  #8 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: One Three Seven, Disco Heaven.
Age: 65
Posts: 2,535
Likes: 0
Received 29 Likes on 16 Posts
Originally Posted by charliegolf
They'd have eaten him too!

CG
Left overs for the crows!
Dan Gerous is offline  
Reply
Old 30th Apr 2019, 21:54
  #9 (permalink)  
Gnome de PPRuNe
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,599
Received 277 Likes on 153 Posts
treadigraph is online now  
Reply
Old 1st May 2019, 15:08
  #10 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK
Posts: 655
Received 7 Likes on 3 Posts
Found it? The flt eng would have sh@gged it!
Party Animal is offline  
Reply
Old 3rd May 2019, 16:30
  #11 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Right here, right now
Posts: 270
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by oxenos
Found it? We'd haveput it in a stew.
Not just any stew... a honkers!
MFC_Fly is offline  
Reply
Old 3rd May 2019, 18:00
  #12 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: uk
Posts: 789
Received 32 Likes on 10 Posts
a honkers!
Is there any other kind???
oxenos is offline  
Reply
Old 3rd May 2019, 18:25
  #13 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Sneaking up on the Runway and leaping out to grab it unawares
Age: 61
Posts: 684
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Nope, of course not!
ExAscoteer is offline  
Reply
Old 4th May 2019, 06:37
  #14 (permalink)  

"Mildly" Eccentric Stardriver
 
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: England
Age: 77
Posts: 4,137
Received 221 Likes on 64 Posts
Is this turning into a WIWOShacks site?
Herod is online now  
Reply
Old 4th May 2019, 08:48
  #15 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Over the hills and far away
Posts: 93
Received 7 Likes on 2 Posts
Nope, but a WIWO Nimrods site. There's 'honkers' and then there's Nimrod 'honkers'
Radley is offline  
Reply
Old 4th May 2019, 19:47
  #16 (permalink)  
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Peripatetic
Posts: 17,367
Received 1,568 Likes on 714 Posts
Shacks, Nimrods?

Lets have no more blubbering......
ORAC is online now  
Reply
Old 5th May 2019, 08:18
  #17 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Over the hills and far away
Posts: 93
Received 7 Likes on 2 Posts
ORAC-It's just that we had a whale of a time.
Radley is offline  
Reply
Old 5th May 2019, 09:59
  #18 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 659
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
So what actually makes (and who's responsible for) a classic kipper fleet "Honkers" stew then, never having had the privilege to try it myself.....sadly!
Chris Kebab is offline  
Reply
Old 5th May 2019, 10:02
  #19 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: uk
Posts: 789
Received 32 Likes on 10 Posts
So what actually makes (and who's responsible for) a classic kipper fleet "Honkers" stew then, never having had the privilege to try it myself.....sadly
Now you've opened a can of worms
oxenos is offline  
Reply
Old 5th May 2019, 10:21
  #20 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Location: Location!
Posts: 2,299
Received 35 Likes on 27 Posts
Originally Posted by oxenos
Now you've opened a can of worms
Is that part of the recipe?

Jack
Union Jack is offline  
Reply



Advanced Search

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.