Nimrod MR2’s last hurrah
Tuesday 30th March 2010, 2:29PM BST.
Brothers Adam and Sam Bewey saw the Nimrod from the Model Yacht Pond. (0942782)
ISLANDERS had a chance to say goodbye to the Nimrod MR2 yesterday – but many were caught out when it turned up early.
The aircraft had been scheduled to fly over the island in the middle of the week, but, due to the weather forecast, 201 (Guernsey’s Own) Squadron decided to bring the occasion forward.
An announcement was made that it would fly over the island at 1pm, but it came in half an hour earlier.
Not even airport officials knew that it was going to be early.
‘We were told, like everyone else, that it was going to be 1pm, and had no notification that it would arrive at 12.30pm,’ said an airport spokesman.
The flypast was part of its last operational flight before it is replaced by the new MRA4.
Brothers Adam Bewey, 11, and Sam, 6, were eating lunch with their grandmother, Janet Rosamond, at the Model Yacht Pond when they heard it pass.
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Should of used the sirens, made every 1 stop
& look into the air!! Pmsl
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So the airport didn’t even know it was coming early? So much for the radar system there then!! Good job it was a ‘friend’ and not a ‘foe’!!
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@WATM do you really think some one sits at the radar screen all day in clear weather don’t be silly.
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@WATM
…you do know it’s 2010 right? the war has been over for 65 years.
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@ John, actually yes they do look at the radar screen all day, 364 days of the year whenever the airport is open, regardless of the weather, in both Jersey and Guernsey.
While the airport “officials” were unaware you can bet that the controllers working that day dealt with it arriving early with no problems at all. Having to manage aircraft that are early and late is part of the job. Getting on the phone and telling the “officials in the office” is far down the list of things to do, in fact it’s probably not even on the list.
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