Nimrod XV250 Retires to Elvington 13/04/10

BAC Nimrod MR2 XV250 retires from RAF, and arrives at the Yorkshire Air Museum Elvington Nr. York on 13/04/10. She will not fly again, but will kept in working order, and take part in occasional runway outings.

[@teescottageguyproductions]

I saw this run today at Elvington, she ran a treat!! A credit to the team who look after her

[@julieacaster6817]

An honour to live in the same town as this beauty

[@deeremeyer1749]

I'd hate to see your definition of "ugly".

[@Cynisca]

She is a beauty, one of my favourites ever since seeing her fly at a display some years back..

[@presgo]

Thanks for you're kind comments, she sure looked good in the air that day.

[@bryjb10]

use to see these on base in iceland all the time. Damn loud they were!

[@MICKTHEMERC]

Hello Presgo , I did three tours at St Mawgan as a Royal Air Force Policeman, spent many "Happy" hours playing war games and controlling Police movements from Trebelzue old tower end.Air Days = Wonderful sights and sounds. Regards Mick Griffin

[@itsGed]

when were you there, mick?

[@MICKTHEMERC]

Thank you so much for putting this on for we Nimrod Buffs to see, great stuff. Mick.

[@solidlift]

A real British aircraft! What a gorgeous beast!

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

Awesome. I was there that day. In the morning my boss said to me we need to go to Elvington to stock check the sale or return items in their shop. Who was I to refuse LoL. Andre and the team do an amazing job keeping this and Andre's Victor in such good shape.

[@MrMoodyblu]

Nice video, I worked on the Nimrod at Woodford for many years, (marks 1, 2, & 3) just a little note it was not BAC . HS or BAe or even BAE systems.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Damn straight! That thing’s a de Havilland, modified from the Comet!

[@stuartroxburgh7685]

I remember it like it was yesterday!

[@Radio478]

Many years ago i was in Cornwall, visited st mawgan, nimys everywhere, happy days.

[@ThePorridgeGobbler]

I have many happy memories working on these Old Girls @ RAF Kinloss in the late 80's travelling all over the world in them.

[@MWR62]

The MR2 fleet were responsible during the “Desert Shield” phase of “Desert Storm” for enforcing nearly 95% of the Arms Embargo, policing shipping passing through the Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz & Gulf of Oman. During Desert Storm these aircraft operated in a high air risk environment for such a relatively large patrol aircraft operating at low to medium level. The MR2 was extremely successful in “Assisted Kills” whereby Iraqi naval ships were detected, identified, reported on & subsequently on the receiving end of Coalition aircraft being vectored to attack the Iraqi naval vessels. One crew, from 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron achieved the highest “Assisted Kills” - 8 in total. This crew flew “Battlestar 42” as shown in the book “Thunder & Lightning” and were very lucky to escape an Iraqi Mig pursuit NB On a subsequent night, same area a US SF C130 was shot down. This RAF St Mawgan crew were awarded in around March 1991 the Arthur Barratt Memorial Trophy for their “Aviation Professionalism in Peace & War”. A truly effective ISTAR aircraft over land or sea with well trained crews able to adapt as required - from hunting subs, tracking warships, policing drugs or piracy, overland ISTAR for “Green Army” or SF or “bog standard” Direct Support to a Naval Task Group - and of course SAROPs.

[@bryjb10]

thanks for checking out my videos. Iceland was my favorite assignment!

[@presgo]

@MICKTHEMERC My pleasue, I always enjoyed a Nimrod display, and forty years ago watched them at St Mawgan Cornwall, now Newquay Airport when they were based there.

[@annthompson5562]

presgo

[@marklaurie1]

I saw the first one fly into St Mawgan!

[@marklaurie1]

And flew in one as a cadet in the ATC at Kinloss. My dad was a flight engineer Flt Lt R I Laurie.

[@tweeny55]

Must be a sad day for the pilots when they park her up after one last spin,know what i'm like when I just change my car lol.

[@stuartroxburgh7685]

It was. Nearly 10 years ago!

[@aarondengate8085]

Had xv229 last nimrod flight to manston 2010

[@aarondengate8085]

Hi Stuart think i saw a nimrod doing a display at manston in 1994 in which u was flying

[@stuartroxburgh4104]

It was a bit of a bummer!

[@stuartroxburgh4104]

I flew the last Nimrod into Manston; but, about 10 years later than that!

[@lisadeighton8444]

Who ever put that dislike is a absolute monster.

[@presgo]

Hope it brought back happy memories. Enjoyed your film of Iceland. F-15 takeoffs in the wet and cold looked awesome!

[@TorontoChannel]

Now this is cool :D

[@bryjb10]

Although the Nimrod is very strange I love it for exactly that. The crews were always a joy to hang out with and the Aircraft was great at its mission and very capable. Do you know what they replaced it with?

[@stuartroxburgh7685]

F15Ranger Hi, the Nimrod MR2 will shortly be replaced with the Poseidon P8. 😉

[@itsGed]

@@stuartroxburgh7685 imagine being the bloke who flew her in.......oh..........

[@gazzadon2447]

Great video

[@lisadeighton8444]

The lower body is based off of the comet airliner and so are the wings.

[@MrJimbaloid]

I've spent a few hours of my life fixing this kite.

[@davidwhiteside6713]

the government have no shame

[@Habu2]

MOD are the culprits....lots of spineless pen pushers.

[@carolus651]

Comet forever alive

[@HerbertDuckshort]

I grazed many a knuckle servicing that kite.

[@LordFlasheart575]

I recently made a flightsim model of this aircraft lol Chose XV250 as my MR2 nimrod

[@daystatesniper01]

100/80/60 40 20 ,touch down ,flaps ,,farewell my lovely

[@ozzy8286]

The World's largest fighter jet.

[@patrickflohe7427]

How long was the Nimrod actually in service, before retirement?

[@MWR62]

XV230 October 1969 was the first into Service, Patrick.

[@stuartroxburgh7685]

They did 41 years of service.

[@aleee537]

Parece os motores do Comet

[@ralphwatt8752]

A sad day

[@Radio478]

One of the best aircraft ever, then they scrap it? Crazy politics

[@ryanhornibrook6951]

u no what there bast on the comet

[@deeremeyer1749]

Ugliest planes in history and its not like don't have plenty of competition in that category from the same country.

[@marklaurie1]

Didn't always look like that!

[@1981MJD]

She's only ugly if you don't know what she's capable of ;-)

[@nohaboy100]

It's a beauty in the air but ugly as sin on the ground. A tribute to the longevity of some British Military aircraft.