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 BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 was a planned maritime patrol and attack aircraft intended to replace the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2. The rebuilt aircraft would have extended the operating life of the Nim
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
…anti-surface warfare. It served from the early 1970s until March 2010. The intended replacement was to be extensively rebuilt Nimrod MR2s, designated Nimrod MRA4. Due to considerable delays, repeated cost overruns, and financial cutbacks, the development of the MRA4 was abandoned in 2010. The RAF also operated…
Nimrod MRA4 during a test flight
Nimrod MRA4 at the Farnborough Airshow
Nimrod airframes being broken up for scrap in January 2011
A RAF P-8 Poseidon in 2022