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Old October 10th 10, 04:37 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Andrew B
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Default Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod XV231 2nd


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Am 09.10.10 19:11, schrieb Herman:
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Taken at Manchester (EGCC) 8th September 2010

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Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)


"If it was cleaned up a bit, it would make a very nice airliner" (Chris
Wren)



The Nimrod ist a deveopment of an airliner, the De Havilland Comet.


From what I have heard the Comet was a very likeable aircraft that in a fair
number of cases still had plenty of life left in it. It just became too
expensive to run in comparison with newer airline aircraft, possibly a shame
the Mk.5 was never built.

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Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)