Morayvia has successfully purchased Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 XV244 and plans to take forward work originally started by the Nimrod Heritage Group to preserve the aircraft in Moray, Scotland. The Morayvia team, formed in May 201 I, is led by Mark Mair, Stan Barber, Bob Pountney and Sean McCourt. Morayvia is working with personnel of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), RAF Kinloss and 39 Engineer Regiment on storage of the Nimrod whilst ambitious plans for an Aerospace Centre at Kinloss are developed. XV244 is the last remaining Nimrod at Kinloss and is presently stored in a hangar, however, it will soon be moved to a more economic hard standing, close to the proposed Aerospace Centre. Whilst in storage it will be looked after by a team of volunteers, most of whom are former engineers, to ensure it is kept in the best condition possible. On the April 5, 1982 XV244 was one of the first two Nimrod MR.Is to deploy to Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island in support of operations to retake the Falkland Islands. The aircraft flew five sorties before being replaced by the more capable Nimrod MR.2 aircraft.
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