Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
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The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod is a retired maritime patrol aircraft developed and operated by the United Kingdom. It was an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first operational
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2
Nimrod MR1 XV262 landing at RAF St Mawgan in July 1981
Nimrod R1 XW665 landing during Waddington International Airshow in Lincolnshire in 2009
Nimrod MR2 XV254 at a steep bank while displaying at the Royal International Air Tattoo, 2006
The British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 was a proposed airborne early warning aircraft which was to provide airborne radar cover for the air defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force. The project
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
…2010. The RAF also operated three Nimrod R1s, an electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT) variant. A dedicated airborne early warning platform, the Nimrod AEW3, was in development from late 1970s to the mid-1980s; however, much like the MRA4, considerable problems were encountered in development and thus the…
Nimrod AEW3
As an interim measure during the development of the Nimrod AEW, surplus Shackletons were fitted with equipment from ex-Royal Navy Gannets.
Manufacturer's model of Nimrod AEW
A Comet 4 was fitted with a nose radome for initial aerodynamic flight testing