The Aviation Historian — January 2018

THE FALL OF

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In May 1995 exemplary airmanship was demonstrated by

the crew of one of the RAF’s three specialised Hawker

Siddeley Nimrod R.1 intelligence-gathering aircraft when it

was forced to ditch in the Moray Firth during a routine air

test. LEWIS GAYLARD interviewed the pilot of XW666,

Flt Lt ART STACEY ART STACEY ART STACEY, who recalls the day’s dramatic events, who recalls the day’s dramatic events

The ditching of

Nimrod R.1 XW666

TERRY PANOPALIS