Originally Posted by esscee
(Post 10758990)
US people speak "American" not English!
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Originally Posted by oxenos
(Post 10759158)
Never Intended for Maritime Reconnaissance or Overses Detachments.
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Originally Posted by BEagle
(Post 10758302)
The hideously ugly Nimrod AEW3 had a probe also, but no vertical surfaces on the tailplane.
However, before anyone takes offence, I know it was designed to find submarines in the briny, not airfields on dry land and could find a needle in a thousand feet of water. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....17a3308626.jpg Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time and grateful to the pilot for putting it there. Not Photoshopped. |
Originally Posted by WB627
(Post 10759491)
That is a bit harsh. The only time I saw a Nimrod in the air was the AEW3. All the other times I should have seen one, the crew failed to find the airfield at which the Nimrod was supposed to be displaying. This included RAF Henlow, when we watched the Nimrod going round and round looking for us and despite being given directions (they were piped into the tannoy), they still failed to find the airfield for their display. Became a bit of a standing joke between me and Mrs WB627 as it happened a few times LOL.
However, before anyone takes offence, I know it was designed to find submarines in the briny, not airfields on dry land and could find a needle in a thousand feet of water. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....17a3308626.jpg Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time and grateful to the pilot for putting it there. Not Photoshopped. |
the highly capable APU |
Originally Posted by squidie
(Post 10759570)
Yeah was never designed to find a runway to land on, just subs XD
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Originally Posted by WB627
(Post 10759636)
To be fair, RAF Henlow was a grass airfield LOL
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WB627 quote: I know it was designed to find submarines in the briny
Yes of course all AEW aircraft are used to find submarines!! :ugh::* |
Originally Posted by lonsdale2
(Post 10760126)
Yes of course all AEW aircraft are used to find submarines!! :ugh::*
Well, that's how I read it! Do you let 627 off? ;) |
XW666, an R.1 , took it a stage further and went hunting submarines in their own element.
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If this thread drifts any more it will start singing "Under the Boardwalk", but I would point out that the EA-18G is named after a large-mouth bass (via a USN tradition of naming ships after fish).
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ships after fish Mind you the Americans called them hookers. Does this mean the USN name ships after ladies of loose virtue? Great thead drift- where next? |
Hot 'n' High - :ok: Thank you. Not even sure I've seen an MR on the ground up close and personal.
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