Pelican 16 Mk3 Shackleton

[Steve Bond]

When XF705 left Henlow in 1975 it went to the fire training school at Manston and was slowly burnt to death without ever being fully re-assembled.

[GotTheTshirt]

Hi Steve, What was the XF registraion? Was that an RAF number? All the wiki aircraft are shown as XR219- XR224

[Steve Bond]

Originally Posted by GotTheTshirt

Hi Steve, What was the XF registraion? Was that an RAF number? All the wiki aircraft are shown as XR219- XR224

XF703 was the Shackleton we are talking about, not the TSR2.

[GotTheTshirt]

Hi Steve that makes sense as the Shacks were already in states of dissasembly in that bottom hangar.
So where did the TRS2 go?

[DHfan]

It's XR220 and it's at Cosford.
She was actually airworthy and due to be flown on the day the project was cancelled but never did.
The other survivor, XR222, after a spell at Cranfield, is at Duxford and was never completed by BAC. It's cosmetically complete now after restoration a few years ago.