On 2007-12-18, Jay Honeck wrote:
How long can our guys be expected to hold the line with these ancient
airplanes?

Well, our guys still fly the Nimrod, which is a converted Comet. Yes,
the world's first commercial jet airliner is still flying in the form of the
Nimrod (although not the version of the Comet that had a tendency to
'dynamically disassemble' in-flight due to fatigue cracking around
square windows).

We occasionally get visits from Nimrods. With the engines concealed
in the wings, it looks very sleek without too much stuff hanging off it.
A number of them were also significantly refurbished in the 90s (new,
larger wings and new larger engines) essentially to new conditions.

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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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