Nimrod contact anounced

andy · Post by **andy** » 18 Jul 2006, 19:24

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 192662.stm

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 18 Jul 2006, 19:45

Wow, thats a bit of a bolt from the blue. Last I heard (from a reliable source) was that WFD was closing in 2010. Maybe this will keep them busy a hwile longer. Think I'm right in saying that Chadderton is gone now so I guess the whole lot will be fabricated at WFD. I wonder what R E Bishop would have said if someone had told him they'd still be making Comets into hte 21st Century?

andy · Post by **andy** » 18 Jul 2006, 19:57

Toby, Chadderton is now an industrial park. I drove past it a couple of days ago. :sad:

Myles · Post by **Myles** » 18 Jul 2006, 23:27

Am I reading it correctly? It implies that they are new-build Nimrods that are expected to have a 30 year service life!

Myles

andy · Post by **andy** » 18 Jul 2006, 23:30

Myles wrote:Am I reading it correctly? It implies that they are new-build Nimrods that are expected to have a 30 year service life!
Myles

Would be nice, wouldn't it?

It's just the media can't read a press release, then release it without getting it wrong. How difficult is it?

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 19 Jul 2006, 04:42

My Nephew Mike
Who has been on the RAF acceptance team at Warton seems to think that
the Nimrod 4 will outlive his career in RAF lol - He actually likes the ugly bugger

Leif

andy · Post by **andy** » 19 Jul 2006, 08:56

I like her as well.

OK, you can't compare her to a glaceful airliner, but she shed that skin a long time ago. As a military machine, she looks the part.

Vulcan_to_the_Sky! · Post by **Vulcan_to_the_Sky!** » 19 Jul 2006, 12:37

andy wrote:I like her as well.
OK, you can't compare her to a glaceful airliner, but she shed that skin a long time ago. As a military machine, she looks the part.

I'll second that, something almost mean looking about her.

andy · Post by **andy** » 19 Jul 2006, 14:29

One of those women that you wouldn't like a backhander off! :roll: