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Military Aviation => Modern Military Aircraft => Topic started by: Angry Turnip on July 14, 2009, 11:50:18 PM

Title: Nimrod MR4A at BFS
Post by: Angry Turnip on July 14, 2009, 11:50:18 PM

Nimrod did a quick touch and go at approx 1325 at BFS today before heading out on it`s patrol.Again didin`t get a pic but heard it and knew it sounded a bit different to the normal traffic.

I hoped it might have come a rounnd agin and had camera ready but had the radio on and he was heading West and climbing to 15,000ft so he was gone :'(

Title: Re: Nimrod MR4A at BFS
Post by: George on July 15, 2009, 12:05:21 AM

heard and seen it myself, very loud haa...not much bring me up and outside, but this did!

Title: Re: Nimrod MR4A at BFS
Post by: Snoop55 on July 15, 2009, 09:27:53 AM

It was XW665 working ATC as Vulcan 51 and showing on SBS as WAD51

Title: Re: Nimrod MR4A at BFS
Post by: Dave on July 18, 2009, 02:02:56 AM

Ahhh no way, that would have been cool to see! Any reason for the touch and go? Just to give the personnel at BFS something exciting to see?

Title: Re: Nimrod MR4A at BFS
Post by: Angry Turnip on July 19, 2009, 11:16:29 PM

My mistake it was actually a Nimrod R.1

-touch and goes or brief visits to RAF Aldergrove are fairly common-sometimes practise diversions from the intended airfield or sometimes just a courtesy visit.