The first flight date of XZ286 is well-documented - 16th July 1980 - but few of the others seem have flight details on record. I have only seen pictures of 4 in the air: XV263, XZ285, XZ286 and XZ287.
Does anyone have a note of the first flight dates of these aircraft? The airframes involved are:
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By: quicksilver51 - 24th November 2009 at 16:51
I have recently uploaded (to Irish Air Pics) a picture of Nimrod AEW3 XZ286 at Farnborough in 1980 (it can be seen at this link: http://www.irishairpics.com/photo/1033598/M/British-Aerospace-BAe-Nimrod-AEW3/XZ286/Ministry-of-Defence-Procurement-Executive/) and in doing so I tried to establish just how many of the 11 Nimrods converted to AEW3 configuration actually flew as such.
The first flight date of XZ286 is well-documented - 16th July 1980 - but few of the others seem have flight details on record. I have only seen pictures of 4 in the air: XV263, XZ285, XZ286 and XZ287.
Does anyone have a note of the first flight dates of these aircraft? The airframes involved are:
XV259
XV261
XV262
XV263 (AEW3P)
XZ280
XZ281
XZ282
XZ283
XZ285
XZ286 F/F 16/7/80
XZ287
Many thanks to any of you who may be able to help with this.