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	<title>Fitaloon at MicroShaft &#187; XV230</title>
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		<title>Saying goodbye to the &#8216;Mighty Hunter&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2010/03/saying-goodbye-to-the-mighty-hunter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today after over 40 years of service the Nimrod Mr2 passes into the rust bucket of Aircraft Heaven. Sad for some but also probably a relief for others. What however it does do is leave a massive gap that will not be filled until at least 2012 when the MR4A comes into service. Apparently surface [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy Live &#8211; Nimrod statement</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/12/democracy-live-nimrod-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement available here shortly BBC &#8211; Democracy Live &#8211; Nimrod statement.]]></description>
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		<title>Response due over RAF Kinloss Nimrod tragedy report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after the government announced it&#8217;s intention to raid the coffers of the defence budget to fund Afghanistan, despite its assurances they would found the war from Treasury reserves, we get the unconnected news that the Government Response to the damning report  into the loss of  Nimrod XV230 will be released today. Any disbelief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nimrod XV230 &#8211; a tragedy waiting to happen</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/11/nimrod-xv230-a-tragedy-waiting-to-happen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Squadron Leader David Tisdale (ret&#8217;d), from the UK National Defence Association&#8217;s RAF affairs team, looks at the cultural changes that were partly to blame for the Nimrod XV230 disaster Throughout my RAF career, which spanned 25 years, the concept of flight safety was drummed in to me and my colleagues at all levels. Flight safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nimrod: Ainsworth forced to apologise to Families</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/10/nimrod-ainsworth-forced-to-apologise-to-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More on this later but according to the BBC The highly critical report, by Charles Haddon-Cave QC, said the Afghanistan crash occurred because of a &#8220;systemic breach&#8221; of the military covenant. A safety review of the Nimrod MR2 carried out by the MoD, BAE Systems and QinetiQ was branded a &#8220;lamentable job&#8221;. Defence Secretary Bob [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nimrod review to reveal failures</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/10/nimrod-review-to-reveal-failures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long awaited Independent review into the fatal Nimrod crash in Afghanistan will be presented to day and is unlikely to be happy reading for a number of parties. I have blogged on this on a number of occasions It&#8217;s interesting to hear also (via Radio Scotland) that of the RAF&#8217;s current 11 Nimrods, none [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MoD &#8216;ignored&#8217; air safety warnings for Nimrod</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/bbc-news-uk-mod-ignored-air-safety-warnings-for-nimrod/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the BBC&#8217;s File on 4 the MOD ignored air safety warnings for a number of aircraft types including the Nimrod and Hercules. These warnings might have saved the lives of 31 members of the Armed Forces. File on 4 has apparently  heard that before each of the three crashes military chiefs and Ministry [...]]]></description>
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