Shackleton Mk 3
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Looped hose system. I guess you could open the upper hatch at the wardroom and feed the grapple and then hose in there.
Have to stop smoking though.
Looped hose system. I guess you could open the upper hatch at the wardroom and feed the grapple and then hose in there.
Have to stop smoking though.
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I guess you could open the upper hatch at the wardroom and feed the grapple
and then hose in there.
I suppose that if a tanker was available (and you didn't bother about the oil) then the limits for endurance would depend upon the capacity of the elsan toilet (which is just a bucket with a seat on), although I suppose it could be baled out and the contents poured down the flare shoot. As an aside, the elsan had to be "cling-filmed" before any air-display to prevent spillage.
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PN. The Farnborough 22 hour flights were in either '59, '60, '61, probably 1960. The aircraft took off as the last item on Day 1 and landed as the first item on Day 2, etc. Our route took us towards Lisbon, Canary Islands, Azores, flown at endurance speed. Extra fuel was contained in a bomb bay tank. There was an 'enhanced' crew plus, of course, many extra pies!
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rvusa, thank you. My source was over 40 years ago . Name might have been Duke.
. Name might have been Duke.
May I relate my other 'Shack' story?
In the late 70's, a Shack went on a ranger to Germany. The aircraft's route included flying over the reservoirs and dams of the Ruhr at low level.
The pilot was immediately posted as RAFG Flight Safety Officer.
...bless. Ben
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In the late 70's, a Shack went on a ranger to Germany. The aircraft's route included flying over the reservoirs and dams of the Ruhr at low level.
The pilot was immediately posted as RAFG Flight Safety Officer.
...bless. Ben
wets
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You will find that the Mk 2 spent more time in service as an AEW rather than as the MR variant (17 years maritime: 20 years as AEW).
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You will find that the Mk 2 spent more time in service as an AEW rather than as the MR variant (17 years maritime: 20 years as AEW).
To paraphrase someone else, it's not the length that counts, it's the width!
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1956 Suez crisis.
The country was just recovering from the war and the RAF were short of aircraft (what’s new) at that time they had Valletta’s and Hastings. 3 Para were tasked to fly out to Cyprus refuelling at Marseille. En route to Cyprus the bomb bay was accidently opened and all their kit fell into the Mediterranean. My friend who was on that Op was sat in the back turret with a great coat on.
The country was just recovering from the war and the RAF were short of aircraft (what’s new) at that time they had Valletta’s and Hastings. 3 Para were tasked to fly out to Cyprus refuelling at Marseille. En route to Cyprus the bomb bay was accidently opened and all their kit fell into the Mediterranean. My friend who was on that Op was sat in the back turret with a great coat on.
Yes, Ben.
He also claimed responsibility for the picture of Harold Wilson wearing a MK1 bonedome back-to-front, with the pigtail dangling across his nose.
...love him to bits.
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He also claimed responsibility for the picture of Harold Wilson wearing a MK1 bonedome back-to-front, with the pigtail dangling across his nose.
...love him to bits.
wets
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The airborne used the Hastings and Valletta in 56 but due to shortages the RAF provided a few Shackletons
Shackleton - Aircraft Profile - Avro : Shackleton
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I was involved in the trooping after Suez when it was get the lads home for Christmas time. Went to Luqa, night stop then a shuttle to Nicosia and back to Luqa, night stop, then back to UK,( St. Mawgan)
Somebody had worked out the exact floor space allocated to each of the 28 troops. As co-pilot I did the walk round, climbed in,and made sure the door was secure. Now the tricky bit getting from the rear door to the right hand seat with every square inch of floor covered with bodies. I was lifted and passed up to the front end of the aircraft !
I can not remember the reason but Shackletons were involved in trooping to Cyprus in June 1958. We collected the troops at Abingdon where the regiment band was playing as the 28 troops squeezed into the Shackleton.
Somebody had worked out the exact floor space allocated to each of the 28 troops. As co-pilot I did the walk round, climbed in,and made sure the door was secure. Now the tricky bit getting from the rear door to the right hand seat with every square inch of floor covered with bodies. I was lifted and passed up to the front end of the aircraft !
I can not remember the reason but Shackletons were involved in trooping to Cyprus in June 1958. We collected the troops at Abingdon where the regiment band was playing as the 28 troops squeezed into the Shackleton.
wets, it could only have been Ben Benbow!
He was UTP during my basic flying training at RAFC in 1974 and was a breath of fresh air to my fellow students and I - he treated us as fellow pilots, unlike the OT instructor miseries (one of whom accused the late Don Turbitt of having 'un-officer like bone structure...'
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Ben's tales of his first flying tour in the RAF had us in stitches - it wasn't on Shacklebombers, it was on Beaufighter TT10s at RAF Seletar in about 1959! He spent his time in the back of the Beau operating the target winch, before taking a commission and starting pilot training, followed by a long career on the Shack.
He was UTP during my basic flying training at RAFC in 1974 and was a breath of fresh air to my fellow students and I - he treated us as fellow pilots, unlike the OT instructor miseries (one of whom accused the late Don Turbitt of having 'un-officer like bone structure...'
)Ben's tales of his first flying tour in the RAF had us in stitches - it wasn't on Shacklebombers, it was on Beaufighter TT10s at RAF Seletar in about 1959! He spent his time in the back of the Beau operating the target winch, before taking a commission and starting pilot training, followed by a long career on the Shack.