Nimrod Display Team
 

Seeing as this is a rumour network, thought I'd try and drag out the truth behind one I picked up recently.

Apparently, the Nimrod display crew couldn't come to the Leuchars Airshow this year; a mate tells me it's because they had their display cat (assuming there is such a thing?) stripped at Jersey?

I remember hearing that display crews could be "yellow carded" and "red carded" for persistent problems, but what happened to have them banned straight off?

Or is it all tripe? :)

I was covering the Jersey airshow (http://www.airsceneuk.co.uk/airshow04/jersey/jersey.htm) and certainly saw nothing unusual or untoward in the Nimrod's display. The organisers certainly made no mention of any transgression. If there was one it could only have been minor and wouldn't have warranted a 'red card'.:confused:

I shall be reporting said crew to RSPCA and asking to have the poor thing re-homed.

Why are Nimrods flying displays? What is the point exactly? And in case you wonder, I'm ex-kipper fleet.....

I saw the Nimrod display a couple of times, the one where it climbs away and fires a flare of some sort. I thought it was very impressive to see an aircraft of this type thrown around the sky, much more interesting than the bulk standard fighter display

Are there still as many things inside the mighty hunter labelled 'handle like eggs' or similar as there were 12 years ago?

Our UAS students did a good spoof 'Nimrod display crew' sketch at the Summer Camp (remember them? Cash-strapped HMFC can't afford them these days...:rolleyes: ) Revue. They dressed up in flying suits stuffed with pillows and just came on filling their faces with pizza slices, crisps etc! Then one of them stopped eating, looked around in panic and told the 'captain' that there was a serious problem. The 'captain' told the 'wireless operator' to put out an urgency message and he came up with "Pan, Pan, Deep Pan. Nimrod a/c, 12 poB, deep pan pizza failure........" :D

Some very important people from the Defence C***** S***** (can't remember) were visiting HMP Kinloss and were chatting at cross purposes for several minutes before the crew realised that they were'nt in fact asking them if they were happy with the quality of the Dairy Cream Sponge

Why display a Nimrod?? Then why display anything!?

Ive watched the Nimrod display since I was knee high blah blah and it has consistently been one of the most impressive shows - a big bird thrown around and those 4 un-pc speys smoking and roaring like good 'uns- long may they continue. Must admit that it has been notable by its absence this year - several shows called off for "operational reasons" but this sounds a bit naughty.

The flare throwing during the final climb and always impressive wing over have been stopped, for 4 years or so IIRC.

rivetjoint

Yes. It's the pilots and navs

hairyclam

Yes, it stopped after the Canada crash - CRM thingy?!! Pity, it rounded off an excellent display from the only large aircraft on the circuit these days.

Military jet noise, the sound of Freedom!!:D

Really? Is there no Herc display any more?

And as if by magic, there was a Nimrod over Ramsey, Isle of Man this morning.

fine sight.

:ok:

We did have our display season curtailed for us, it wasn't a particularly pleasant experience and it has left a lot of ill feeling. But we don't wash our dirty laundry in public guys! :mad:

That's unfortunate to hear that the Nimrod displays were cancelled.

A few years ago I had the pleasure of seeing a Nimrod at the Red Deer, Alberta, air show and it was easily the best display of the day. Don't remember them dropping any flares which would have been impressive, although we were having a few problems with forest and grass fires at the time.

I hope you guys can get over this way again. It's somewhat rare to get any RAF, or Army for that matter, aircraft in shows this far west. Watching the US and Canadian aircraft (besides the Snowbirds) do the same thing each year can get a little boring.

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Dicky

Hope you didn't have a little accident requiring laundry again, how many times don’t eat Mediterranean seafood:ugh:

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D the P,

you must be confusing this site with that terrible web site 'Professional Pilots Facts Network'. THIS is the RUMOUR network old boy, so any gossip posted here will, of course, be treated strictly as such, and certainly not as dirty washing ...

Dicky, I think you might just have answered the original question question there.

"But we don't wash our dirty laundry in public guys! " was the comment. We were pretty quick to slag off the Spams who did the display at the wrong airfield. When the chap from the other side of the pond took umbrage and complained we responded that this was a forum where if you did not like the "Good Humoured Aircrew Banter" then you were not proper aircrew and we should all take and give as we see fell fit. So why the shyness now??

I take it then there is only one Nimrod display crew these days? I know in the good old days when the mighty hunter was also based darn sarf, there were 2, maybe more display crews. But then we had more airfields and airshows for Nimrods to delight the crowds.

scroggs - the Herc tac demo returned this year with the J after an absence of several seasons - But I believe this too was pulled due to display pilot being called away for duties elsewhere??
Which again asks me - why only one display crew, given the far reaching activities of the hercs and Nimrods??

Hairy,

After the Toronto tragedy, one of the recommendations from the BOI was that the fleet should have one dedicated display crew so that work-up, supervision etc could be easily standardised. Hence the one crew since I can remember.

Unfortunately it looks like the season was curtailed prematurely, but why I have no idea. It is amazing that aircraft were available at all considering the operational tempo this year.

With the drawdown next year, I seriously doubt there will be any form of display let alone a social life for those left at KSS. Time to leave I do believe.....