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Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 14:27
by Garry Russell
Word is........men are on site to start chopping this week
Supposedly all to be cleared by March???............any details or its this just rumour????
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... ost1690035
Re: Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 16:13
by Trev Clark
If true, it must be (pound for pound), the most expensive metal in the history of the planet! I bet they only sell it for peanuts though, still the men at the MOD are (and always have been) monkeys! Sorry, to any members here who are of the ape family.
Re: Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 18:08
by Hot_Charlie
If I were BAE Systems I'd be disposing of them as quickly as possible (I suspect after establishing that there was no other interest from abroad). Then, if we decide it's a useful capability in the future, they can start with a clean slate, and more crucially, a clean tab upon which to absolutely fleece UK plc...
Re: Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 14 Jan 2011, 22:17
by Paul K
Hot_Charlie wrote:If I were BAE Systems I'd be disposing of them as quickly as possible (I suspect after establishing that there was no other interest from abroad). Then, if we decide it's a useful capability in the future, they can start with a clean slate, and more crucially, a clean tab upon which to absolutely fleece UK plc...
We'll buy the P-8 Poseidon but fit it with our own electronics...which will take 15 years and 5 billion to develop and will still mistake lighthouses for periscopes. Hurrah! Back in business !
Re: Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 15 Jan 2011, 09:20
by Hot_Charlie
Paul K wrote:Hot_Charlie wrote:If I were BAE Systems I'd be disposing of them as quickly as possible (I suspect after establishing that there was no other interest from abroad). Then, if we decide it's a useful capability in the future, they can start with a clean slate, and more crucially, a clean tab upon which to absolutely fleece UK plc...
We'll buy the P-8 Poseidon but fit it with our own electronics...which will take 15 years and 5 billion to develop and will still mistake lighthouses for periscopes. Hurrah! Back in business !
Something like that.
Re: Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 15 Jan 2011, 11:27
by dodger
Good Morning ,
We could buy these,
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... 20Aircraft
If anyone has not seen it ,a really great addon for FS2004 is the P3 Orion made by FS- ,one of the best freeware models i have.
Cheers, Roger.
Re: Nimrod MR4 Scrapping
Posted: 17 Jan 2011, 17:28
by Garry Russell
£200M extra cost of scrapping
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12206044
I wonder how much of that compensation will find it's way to anyone losing their job