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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Nov 2014, 16:40

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

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Posted By Peter-RB

atb, Pelican 16( the 16 is the last number...

atb,

Pelican 16( the 16 is the last number on the fuselage) is also in your pictures as a fully on it wheels working a/c, the only pictures I have seen thus far where the one's taken by the NATO...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Oct 2014, 15:47

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

I too placed a sealed bid for a...

I too placed a sealed bid for a firecracker.....and got Mrs R-B..:ouch:

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Oct 2014, 10:31

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

I am grateful for the explanations as to how the...

I am grateful for the explanations as to how the TUs worked, in our inquiring minds, we thought it was something to do with the RPM, that fired the lube stroke, but we were not too sure, the good...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Oct 2014, 09:29

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

Oxenos, Thank you, far more enlightened and...

Oxenos,

Thank you, far more enlightened and far more accurate that I could ever have been, re the Translation units, I finished up with around 400 boxes of the things when all the stock was being...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Oct 2014, 06:37

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

Mechta, From my simple "agricultural" eye...

Mechta,

From my simple "agricultural" eye of engineering , when we ( my mechanics and I ) started to dismantle the front end(prop end) of the Griffon 58 we removed all the streamlining then...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Oct 2014, 05:43

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

Good morning Alan, Quite possible that...

Good morning Alan,

Quite possible that mistaken understanding was due to the Talisker" night..!

PR-B

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Oct 2014, 05:11

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

Alan, I am puzzled by your comment "Two...

Alan,

I am puzzled by your comment "Two separate power source's for the Shack Contra Prop"

We took apart a very old Griffon 58(to see how things worked) and the simple answer to the two power...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Oct 2014, 10:10

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

Dave, I may be mistaken on the prop location,...

Dave,
I may be mistaken on the prop location, I really only saw them fitted to one of my engines after we cut, a damaged tip set down so as to fit to the engine sitting in my office reception,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Oct 2014, 09:20

Replies: 62

Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?

Views: 31,100

Posted By Peter-RB

Comments have been made about the Contra props...

Comments have been made about the Contra props and how they worked, it is correct they were needed to absorb the horses developed by the Griffon 58 but also needed to be able to transfer that power...

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