'Shackleton Boys'

[avionic type]

Dear Black Sheep, During the 18 month period I was servicing Shack 1s in Gibraltar we only had 1 engine change caused by engine failure and 4 when on a training " circuits and bumps" and the crew forgot to lower the under cart, nearly a "Clang!!! Mind your fingers in the Door" and" aren't the apes pretty" moment for the ground crew ,we had a heavy flying programme ,apart from the odd mag drop they were reliable perhaps it was because they were new and not tired .Did you ever tried explaining to our American cousins why 1 propeller went 1way and the other the other way on a single engine [Put Anglo /USA relations back 10 years ] the reasons we gave, all leg pulls.