Nimrods still flying???

So do we know if any of them have gone to the Med this week ? It wouldn’t surprise me if they had. Just the kind of situation that the R1 was made for.

Indeed, when we had the capability but those days are largely gone now. Others will now do our defence business for us. (I hope!)

miniman

The ones based at Kinloss used to regularly do touch and go’s here in Wick. Its been very quiet and boring without them!

Mind you, the noise was never as good as the old Shackletons……………

The town were a bit miffed on the night of 19th August 1959, when 8 Shacks of 269 Squadron were scrambled at the start of Exercise Fend Off!
The dispersals backed on to the gardens of the Main Road and 32 Griffons burst into joyful song in the darkness.
Fortunately, we had been the Town’s Squadron for a wee while during the War, so there was a lot of goodwill still there.

Mo

So do we know if any of them have gone to the Med this week ? It wouldn’t surprise me if they had. Just the kind of situation that the R1 was made for.

Ah my bad, I see your point now 😮 the price I pay for using the forum on my phone :p

I was joking with you Ben, as you put a question mark after your reply here when you clearly knew What you were talking about in the other linked thread!

Easy way to yell the difference 🙂 the r1 doesn’t have a Long tail boom

Well, there you go. You learn something new every day.

The ones based at Kinloss used to regularly do touch and go’s here in Wick. Its been very quiet and boring without them!

Mind you, the noise was never as good as the old Shackletons……………

Thanks for the info.

Erm I was right James!

You know full well my first name is Ben 🙂

Keep up Nash:D
Thread here, http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=106647&highlight=nimrod
Two R.1s still flying with 51sqn at Waddington.

OSD for the Nimrod R is 31st March.

exmpa

Last of the R1s at Waddo?