Off Road Nimrod
 

Other forums are reporting a drama at Kinloss involving a 4x4 Nimrod going cross country across the airfield. Hope no injuries ladies & gents if true,

What other forums?

Ploughing I believe ;) Thankfully nobody hurt just some jockeys ego me thinks

Oi, Oilcan,

A bit over-the-top methinks!

Whilst you may not like it, KIT is correct (as far as I know) that nobody was hurt. As a consequence, as suspect that the 'jockey' was indeed subject to a little banter at happy hour at ISK - no doubt his ego is a little bruised today. Thankfully, nothing else is!

Had this been more serious; I suspect so would KIT's response.

Duncs:ok:

Dunc,

Maybe OilCan objected to the use of the word 'Ego'. 'Pride' is less inflamatory and more relevant in this particular case I think!

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Crikey Oilcan sorry if the word ego or jockey upset you , it was meant in good faith as nobody was hurt.
Pride would have been a better choice of words but words has not been my strong point on Pprune , and just for info I got a pretty good idea more than you think :E

Vage,

I am sure that you are correct. I suspect that KIT was using 'ego' in the sense of self-esteem - I know I was.

Duncs:ok:

Come ON . . . are you ALLOWED to use the word 'jockey' and 'ego' in the same sentence?

Standards are just SO low on this forum. (They let ME post!!)

Glad everyone is safe - SOD the hardware (wet turf . . . !! etc)

By the way, have they managed to move the aircraft yet?

Its still there laying at a wonky angle......:bored:

Just see what an 'unfortunate shift of pies and rations' can do. where was the loadie? we should be told!


I seriously hope he/she wasn't damaged as the gargantuan mountain of 'Gingsters Best' rocked from it's mountings! :eek:

By the Grace We all Go.......

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PS-Any Pics ? or have the 'Ginsters' corporation made them secret?

Is the airfield closed until the "obstacle" can be removed to a safe distance??

10-1 its the movers fault - somehow. I think they have got an MSF there?

roland pull

come on it has to be the ,mover fault LOL

Any more news on what actually happened yet?

and still waiting for oil can to come on and admit he was a bit of the top with his post

At 1650 ISK was BLACKBLU according to the Met Office.

Duncs:ok:

Apparently it will be moved using airbags (and I don't mean AEOs;)) sometime on Sunday.

Not being moved until Sunday...?

Is it a case of taking care and attention over recovering a valuable asset (which probably isn't being scrapped for at least 9 months!), or an indication that the ability to routinely undertake heavy lifting work on airfields (keeping runways open, etc) disappeared with the end of the cold war??

It is still v windy at ISK. Not sure if that would have any effect. No doubt it would also take 'Crash and Smash' a while to get there.

Duncs:ok:

Sorry for my, slightly 'fattest, truckie' post earlier.

However, back to the facts:

What is the max x-wind a Nimrod is cleared for? If I guessed, I'd say about 25Kts. (quite cheeky! particularly, with a jet that lands at about 130 kts????)

ISK or its partner, often have blows better than that? so, what's the story fellas??

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