IN SERVICE – Key Publishing

IN SERVICE

Evaluated as it came into service, the Nimrod nonetheless proved quite a success 800 Squadron Nimrod Is, with S1621 in the foreground, run up their Kestrel IISs. AEROPLANE Astoundingly, the Nimrod entered service with a front-line fleet fighter flight before any evaluation had been carried out on production-standard aircraft, reflecting the urgency with which the Fleet Air Arm needed to start replacing its Fairey Flycatchers. The first experience the front-line FAA had of the Nimrod was when the Sea Hornet,