1954 Avro Shackleton Mr2

[ndtman]

Hi. Saw this on RetroRides and thought it may interest someone.





Early days for the thread, hopefully it will be updated regularly.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot...

Pic's from RetroRides

[hidetheelephants]

Ah, 10,000 rivets in loose formation...

[Eric Mc]

I would think that particular Shackleton is down to around 90,000 rivets - by the look of it.

Anyone know where it lives - or if it still exists.

[FourWheelDrift]

As the link said it's WR963 at Coventry - http://www.shackleton-wr963.org/

[baldy1926]

used to love the sqn t-shirts,
8 screws are better than 4 blow jobs

[perdu]

sad sight

still has her auxiliary spark plug for the re-heat sytem on top of the fuselage I see

I hate seeing sights like this


or this

[FourWheelDrift]

Are the two Shackleton's at Paphos Airport on Cyprus still complete?


Date unknown.

[anonymous-user]

I think they are. I'm sure they had to move them to another location at the airport a couple of years back.

[nick heppinstall]

I took this in September 2004....

[Simpo Two]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

They're on Google Earth at 34°43'33.24"N 32°27'59.59"E

- and is the other plane a Lockheed Electra?

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 1st February 21:37

[Shar2]

Do Air Atlantic still own the one in the States? They were trying to keep her flying until the Campaign Against Aviation allowed her to fly in this country.

[BigS]

Simpo Two said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

They're on Google Earth at 34°43'33.24"N 32°27'59.59"E

- and is the other plane a Lockheed Electra?

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 1st February 21:37

I vaguely remember reading about them a while ago, I think the other plane may be something French, but not sure.
There's a third Shackleton in far worse condition at the abandoned Nicossia airport too, along with a couple of Tridents

[spitfire-ian]

Shar2 said:

Do Air Atlantic still own the one in the States? They were trying to keep her flying until the Campaign Against Aviation allowed her to fly in this country.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem so...

http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/az/wl790/index...

[Shar2]

spitfire-ian said:

Shar2 said:

Do Air Atlantic still own the one in the States? They were trying to keep her flying until the Campaign Against Aviation allowed her to fly in this country.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem so...

http://www.skippyscage.com/aviation/az/wl790/index...

BUGGER!

[DieselGriff]

As an aside and not wanting to hijack the thread but does anyone know if drawings exist of the mk4 that was designed by Avro for, I believe, the Canadians?

I've tried googling with no success but am interested to see what it may have looked like even though it didn't get past the initial design spec.

[Eric Mc]

Can't answer that question but Aeroplane Monthly this month had an In Detail look at the Shackleton.

The old Shackleton factory at Woodford is due for closure soon so a rummage through sundry skips might reveal all sorts of goodies. It's amazing how callous companies are when clearing out. Often vital historical artefacts and documentation is discarded without a second thought.

[DieselGriff]

It was the Aeroplane Monthly article that first alerted me to the planned mk4, I hadn't heard of it before I read that.

[FourWheelDrift]

MR.4 planned to use Napier Nomad engines - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Nomad

[CobolMan]

Simpo Two said:

- and is the other plane a Lockheed Electra?

Looks more like a Dassault MD.315 Flamant to me

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

The old Shackleton factory at Woodford is due for closure soon so a rummage through sundry skips might reveal all sorts of goodies. It's amazing how callous companies are when clearing out. Often vital historical artefacts and documentation is discarded without a second thought.

You're right - I heard that the original drawings for the Short Stirling bomber were being thrown away by Marshalls of Cambridge...