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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Giant Nimrod transported to RAF Cosford through Shifnal streets

[Nimrod]The narrow streets of Shifnal were never built to cope with giant low-loaders transporting 22-tonne planes measuring more than 38m in length.

But that was the problem facing police and the RAF as they attempted to deliver a Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249 fuselage aircraft to the RAF Cosford Museum on Sunday.

Shoppers watched on in amazement as the gigantic delivery inched its way along the town’s streets having to negotiate a number of tight bends.

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