The Shackleton did indeed see a good few Bears - usually as they flew past at great speed. There are one or two photos taken from the Shack in existance but I have not seen any with the grey lady and the red peril in the same picture. Perhaps the camera shutter speed was not fast enough to catch both in the same airspace.
ISTR that the 140kts of the Shack was for a lindholm gear drop and that usual cruise was 160Kts. Friday night cruise was 180Kts with a following wind. On transits from Neatishead back to Lossie into a headwind I remember seeing intercity 125s on the East Coast Line overtaking us. Mind you, we could do 13 hours on a full load of petrol (3284 Gallons?).
Forgive the thread steal - an old man's memories come trickling back.
