[Plowman]

Originally Posted by Feidhlim

Excellent photo! Are the engines those two holes near the fuselage? It so, then what is the thing along the wing?

[Inspector Gadget]

Looks like a Comet 4 to me... nice photo.

[whyulittle]

A380 at Singapore.

[Steyr]

Originally Posted by Plowman

Excellent photo! Are the engines those two holes near the fuselage? It so, then what is the thing along the wing?

They are the engine intakes, the engines are internally housed in the Wings. The Comet was the worlds first Commercial Airliner. You might know today's modern version when you see it in Service with the RAF as the Nimrod.

Those "things" are Fuel tanks.

[Feidhlim]

Again taken from www.irelandaviation.com

There are a few more oldies on the site. I'll ask for more to be posted

[tim_holsters]

Originally Posted by Steyr

They are the engine intakes, the engines are internally housed in the Wings. The Comet was the worlds first Commercial Airliner. You might know today's modern version when you see it in Service with the RAF as the Nimrod.

Those "things" are Fuel tanks.

I thought the Nimrod's were being phased out, or at least near the beginning of such a process anyone know if this is true or not?

[Armin_Tamzarian]

Originally Posted by tim_holsters

I thought the Nimrod's were being phased out, or at least near the beginning of such a process anyone know if this is true or not?

Oh it's true, it's damn true...

[Steyr]

Originally Posted by tim_holsters

I thought the Nimrod's were being phased out, or at least near the beginning of such a process anyone know if this is true or not?

The RAF's Nimrod Fleet of the MR2 Variety will be totally gone by March 31st 2010. The MR2 fleet stands at 11. It will have served 31 years with the RAF. She is actually being WFU* 1 year before she was supposed to be WFU. The replacement for the MR2 which is the Newer Nimrod MR4A will not be fully operational until 2012. It's being mooted that the MR2 Fleet will either be sent to Museums or mothballed, as it stands the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial at Elvington, York is to receive a Nimrod MR2.

The most interesting thing about the Nimrod MR2 that will be at Elvington is that she will be LIVE and will perform Fast Taxi Runs, her reg is XV250 and will arrive at Elvington on April 13th. The 3 other places to recieve Nimrod MR2's are Manchester,Bruntingthorpe and Coventry. Cosford at the moment is undecided.

WFU= Withdrawn From Use

[tim_holsters]

Interesting indeed, thanks for the info mate, the Nimrod has given some great service which makes what happened in the not to distant past all the more depressing.

[Armin_Tamzarian]

I'm being a bit silly but I came across this and had to share.

[Feidhlim]

Taken from www.irelandaviation.com


If only I could post the sound of it....

[Feidhlim]

Anyone know how to resize an image?

[Andrew33]

Originally Posted by Feidhlim

Anyone know how to resize an image?

If your pic is on flickr, just select which size you want and use that URL.
Also, download Paint.net(its free) and thats a pretty good editing tool for resizing, sharpening etc.

[Feidhlim]

Originally Posted by Andrew33

If your pic is on flickr, just select which size you want and use that URL.
Also, download Paint.net(its free) and thats a pretty good editing tool for resizing, sharpening etc.

Not hosted on flickr

I'll delete it and just post the link if anyone doesn't like it

[Plowman]

Originally Posted by Feidhlim

Anyone know how to resize an image?

You could resize it on a photo editor (eg. Pixlr is a good online one) and upload it onto an image hosting site (there's lots of free ones)...
PS. Nice pic!