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BAE SYSTEMS Nimrod MRA4 - Production Line Woodford

(Colour Photograph Top Left) - showing stages of - AIR VEHICLE PRODUCTION SEQUENCE WOODFORD

(Colour Photographs Top Middle & Right) - The aircraft flown into Woodford were stripped at Flight Sheds before being moved into the main Production Hangar.

(Colour Photograph Bottom Left) - Once located in the Production Hangar the aircraft fuselages were surveyed and refurbished to provide a further 25 years of operational life.

(Colour Photograph Bottom Middle) - In 2001 New Inner wing sections manufactured at Chadderton and outer wing sections from Prestwick arrived formating with the refurbished fuselages and final assembly began.

(Colour Photograph Bottom Right) - Fitting of refurbished Major Assemblies (called the "Parallels"), electrical wiring and equipment began and by 2004 the first aircraft was ready for electrical power on.

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