9781908117793 | Misc Books | Nimrod: Rise & Fall (hardback) - Tony Blackman airline-ryanair Its last ever flight landed

Its last ever flight landed at Zurich on 1 April 2002

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which will be referred to again and again

restorers and curators alike

and maintaining an exemplary safety record

9781908117793 | Misc Books | Nimrod: Rise & Fall (hardback) - Tony Blackman airline-ryanair Its last ever flight landedThe scrapping of the Nimrod programme has been one of the most controversial events in the military aviation world for many a year. For most of its operational life, from 1969 to date, its contribution to the defence of the realm and its role in offensive duties was, of necessity, often shrouded in secrecy. It was the eye in the sky which was absolutely vital to a host of activities from anti submarine and anti surface warfare, to support of land