Some paint specs can be found in the links on this post http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1735514&postcount=43 🙂

Twin Otter – The ideal venue for a complete Nimrod would have been East Fortune . However that was not to be – to save an airframe is fine -however at some stage the reality of a building needs to be addressed! We have seen far too many examples in U.K preservation of museums and groups not grasping the reality of aircraft needing to go undercover . Many of those have failed in many cases resulting in scapping.

Fair comment re-EF David but as I hope you will appreciate you are ‘preaching’ to the converted re-getting airframes under cover!

However I would still urge Morayvia not to be discouraged by any negative comments about long-term survivability; who knows what the future may hold for them getting a building to get the aircraft under cover; at the end of the day they aren’t building Nimrods any more; if they don’t save it now, then they are unlikely to ever get another opportunity! 🙂

Possibly some relevant information in here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=113079&highlight=CFS

Very true … but … wouldn’t it be better if all the folk who now own a Nimrod would get together and pool their resources to preserve just one of these aeroplanes in heated hangar? Then, in thirty years time, we might have a preserved Nimrod to see.

Regards

Back in 1982/3 similar time frames were quoted for Vulcans surviving outside!

29 years on and most have defied the ‘nay-sayers!’ Yes, ideally aircraft should go inside but with appropriate care and attention they can survive outside.

Ultimately external airframes could be lost, but in the meantime they can help groups become established and hopefully thrive; other than St Mawgan, where else could be better to display a Nimrod than Morayshire?

Good luck with this project, which also managed to get a nice mention on here! 🙂

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