Ugly Airplanes, pt7 - Nimrod.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman]

[JR[_2_]]

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:21:19 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:

Ugly?!

[NoHoverstop]

JR wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:21:19 -0600, Mitchell Holman
> > wrote:
>
> Ugly?!
In normal operations such as being beastly to submarines, finding lost
yachts or doing <censored> with its copious surveillance gear no it's
not unusually ugly. But when threatened by enemy fighters, the Nimrod
inflates special sacs on its nose and tail to scare away would-be
predators. This remarkable behaviour is seen here:
http://www.ausairpower.net/Nimrod-AEW.3-2.jpg

It also uses the same technique in non-threat situations as a display of
virility in order to attract a mate. Which is why they're so dammed rare
- http://homepages.tesco.net/~paul.crossley/rafpast/aew-a.jpg

[Tom Hayden]

Good Lord, Charlie Brown. That's just plain nasty! What'd they do, hold a
"Lets make the poor ol' Nimrod even uglier" contest?

Just added insult to injury, I think. I hope someone had the decency to put
a bullet through its head and end its misery.

Tom

[Bob Harrington]

NoHoverstop > wrote in news:LgZyj.31825
:

> JR wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:21:19 -0600, Mitchell Holman
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Ugly?!
> In normal operations such as being beastly to submarines, finding lost
> yachts or doing <censored> with its copious surveillance gear no it's
> not unusually ugly. But when threatened by enemy fighters, the Nimrod
> inflates special sacs on its nose and tail to scare away would-be
> predators. This remarkable behaviour is seen here:
> http://www.ausairpower.net/Nimrod-AEW.3-2.jpg
>
> It also uses the same technique in non-threat situations as a display of
> virility in order to attract a mate. Which is why they're so dammed rare
> - http://homepages.tesco.net/~paul.crossley/rafpast/aew-a.jpg

Oh, baby! Oh, Baby! Oh, baby...!

[Tom Hayden]

Well, since folks have taken to locating interesting variants of the Nimrod,
I did some WWW searching myself and found the ultimate in UGLY!

I think it was called the Nimroni-40P. I wonder what the Hell it was used
for, other than as an entry in the "Pimp My Nimrod" contest?

Tom

[Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF]

"Tom Hayden" <geezer1two3atcomcast.net> wrote in message
...
> Well, since folks have taken to locating interesting variants of the
> Nimrod, I did some WWW searching myself and found the ultimate in UGLY!
>
> I think it was called the Nimroni-40P. I wonder what the Hell it was used
> for, other than as an entry in the "Pimp My Nimrod" contest?
>
> Tom
>
>
>
Now we know why the nimrod actuallys flies, it's so damned ugly, the earth
repels it!


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Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Innisfail,
Queensland,
Australia

[Dave Kearton]

Tom Hayden wrote:
>> Well, since folks have taken to locating interesting variants of the
>> Nimrod, I did some WWW searching myself and found the ultimate in
>> UGLY!
>>
>> I think it was called the Nimroni-40P. I wonder what the Hell it was
>> used for, other than as an entry in the "Pimp My Nimrod" contest?
>>
>> Tom



That's pretty much why cousins aren't allowed to marry. I bet that
plane plays a pretty good banjo.



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Cheers

Dave Kearton

[The Raven]

"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...

What the Nimrod did to the Comet was a true aviation crime.