These guys rank very high among most ugly aircraft ever produced. In December 86 after spending about 1 Billion the project was terminated in favour of the E-3D
Appropriate air intake covers for this very british aircraft. Airframe is now at Woodford for conversion to Nimrod MRA.4, new registration will be ZJ525.
Taken while the Nimrod AEW system was still undergoing trials and testing. The whole project was finally canceled in December 1986, costing the British taxpayer approximately £1Billion.