Nimrod MRA4 first flight today

[Simon Robbins]

If anyone's interested the Nimrod MRA4 had it's maiden flight today.

Si

[John Mullen]

"Simon Robbins" > wrote in message
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> If anyone's interested the Nimrod MRA4 had it's maiden flight today.

Is this the last Comet derivative still flying?

John

[Guy Alcala]

Simon Robbins wrote:

> If anyone's interested the Nimrod MRA4 had it's maiden flight today.

Historically, that must mean it's just about time to cancel the whole
project. Oh wait, first they need to spend several hundred million
pounds each to upgrade all the a/c, then cancel the project so they can
use the airframes for fire fighting/battle damage repair trainers.

Guy

[Simon Robbins]

"John Mullen" > wrote in message
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> Is this the last Comet derivative still flying?

Unless they're going to be upgrading the R1 Sigint variant then yes it is.
Largely a completely new aircraft though. Only the fuselage tube remains
from the previous MR2 version.

Si