History of Aviation The Nimrod

This is the story of an aircraft indeed a whole family of aircraft each in its day revolutionary This programme charts the remarkable success and progress of the worlds first turbojetpowered airliner and its evolution into a frontline aircraft of the Royal Air Force The Nimrod was the worlds first landbased pure jet aircraft built for antisubmarine duties and longrange maritime patrol The Nimrods ability to detect surface and subsurface movements was outstanding and ensured that even under the waves the enemy had no place to hide