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

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

Ugly?!

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 he
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.cro...past/aew-a.jpg

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

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 he
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.cro...past/aew-a.jpg

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

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

"Tom Hayden" geezer1two3atcomcast.net wrote in message
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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

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

"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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What the Nimrod did to the Comet was a true aviation crime.