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Nimrods basking in the summer sun.

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Nimrods basking in the summer sun.

Post by F6MAN » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:25 pm

Lossiemouth. June 2009.

Image2009-06-24 13-39 by F6MAN, on Flickr

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Post by paddyboy » Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:05 pm

Hi Pete :P

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Re: Nimrods basking in the summer sun.

Post by Dan D'Air » Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:37 pm

Don't.
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Post by reheat module » Sun Aug 20, 2017 5:10 pm

Awesome.
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Re: Nimrods basking in the summer sun.

Post by TankBuster » Sun Aug 20, 2017 5:46 pm

Great piccy :thumbs: .

It was a very sad day when these were retired, and what they did with the MRA4 project was just criminal :grr:. We could have still been flying Nimrods, still had a maritime patrol aircraft, and saved a shed load of cash! Now we've still got to wait a while for the Poseidon to enter service.

Still, its nice to see these beauties here. Thanks for sharing!

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Post by cj9ru » Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:32 pm

What good memories they bring back.

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Post by Dan D'Air » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:01 am

Dan D'Air wrote:Don't.
I used to love standing at the fence of RAF Kinloss with my kids and watching them go through jetwash.

Lazing around at Findhorn with The Mighty Hunter doing circuits and bumps all day long.
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Post by F6MAN » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:41 am

Hi Dan.

I was at the Outward Bound Moray Sea School in Burghead as an 18 year old in 64, 19 that is.

I remember one day seeing a mass take off of Shackletons, can't remember exactly how many (suppose someone has the info somewhere)
but I'm having a reasonable guess at about half a dozen.

Good times.

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Re: Nimrods basking in the summer sun.

Post by STORMO » Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:24 am

Very nice Peter
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Re: Nimrods basking in the summer sun.

Post by 09andrew » Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:17 pm

Great pic. Has anyone got any of St Meagan?
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