slinkydevil Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Anyone know why there was an RAF Nimrod buzzing Ronaldsway this afternoon around 4pm? It was coming in on full flaps as if it was on a landing run and then at about 200 feet hitting full throttle and flying off again. They are pretty big so I guess can't land at Ronaldsway and at another guess it must be some kind of practice. However it did this 4 - 5 times over a couple of hours in between commercial airlines landing. Im not after conspiracys, just thought Ronaldsway was a strange place to practice this? No doubt copycat will come up with some theory about Douglas rate payers having to pay for RAF Nimrods to spot white dog shit and it was piloted by the byelaw officer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copycat Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 was it an R1 or MR2 version? was there a MAD boom on the tail? The essential role of the aircraft is ISTAR so they do have the capability and it could well have been on a overland Electro-Optic IMINT mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 They and the Hawks quite often do low approch and go arounds for training. Nothing out of the ordinary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 They and the Hawks quite often do low approch and go arounds for training. Nothing out of the ordinary Plenty here http://www.island-images.co.uk/Aircraft/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Its not uncommon for the RAF to plan landing/approach training on different airfields around the UK, its always good to have carried out a plan if something goes tits up. I just wished they had thought of this when our regt went to the outer hebradies in a herc, 4 attempts later and we still overshot the runway by about 10 metres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 was it an R1 or MR2 version? was there a MAD boom on the tail?The essential role of the aircraft is ISTAR so they do have the capability and it could well have been on a overland Electro-Optic IMINT mission. So I take it that's your lift to Iceland then? Have a good trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 funny you should mention that immortalpuppet,every time we landed at Benbecula we had to have a few attempts at landing, sure they must have let crab air rookies have there first go at landing with live ones onboard bounced down that runway a few times trying to think of the pub with all the whiskeys was it the cregorry arms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneArmedScissor Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 It was pretty unusual - you do get the odd Nimrod passing over every now and again, but this one came in as if to land several times. I saw it a couple of times (just a brief glimpse of a couple of seconds) though and it actually didn't look like a Nimrod to me, but something bigger and it also didn't seem as loud as the Nimrods usually are. I only saw it from behind and I'm no expert though, so I would be grateful if someone could shed any light on it. The 2nd time I saw it there was a Hawk about a minute behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 was it an R1 or MR2 version? was there a MAD boom on the tail?The essential role of the aircraft is ISTAR so they do have the capability and it could well have been on a overland Electro-Optic IMINT mission. Can someone kindly offer a translation into English please Never seen an R1 with a MAD boom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Testing the radars maybe Seeing what the new runway extension will be like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Never seen an R1 with a MAD boom Yamaha's secret weapon? In-TT refuelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 the CAA have an aircraft which checks the ILS systems are set up correctly, could it have been that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Its not uncommon for the RAF to plan landing/approach training on different airfields around the UK, its always good to have carried out a plan if something goes tits up. I just wished they had thought of this when our regt went to the outer hebradies in a herc, 4 attempts later and we still overshot the runway by about 10 metres! It might not be uncommon in the UK, but we're not the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 The calibration aircraft that usually does Ronaldsway isn't a Nimrod, so it was probably just the RAF doing touch and go's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 It was probably the CIA. A rendition flight. I fear I may soon be rendered. Ever since I suggested we respond to the Neteller outrage by sending the MV Karina up the Potomac loaded with Bushy's and Okells, my phones have been echoing and there's always some geezer reading a newspaper in the pub. And another who looks like Chuck Norris up telephone poles, watching. Orange is SO last year... Gulp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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