The Avro Shackleton is a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) which was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force...

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installations and driving contra-rotating propellers, was used in the Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft. The Griffon was produced in approximately...

the RAAF. Avro 695 Lincolnian Transport derivative similar to the Avro Lancastrian Lincoln ASR.3 Initial designation of the Avro Shackleton, which was...

On 30 April 1990, a Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton AEW Mk II aircraft, of No. 8 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Lossiemouth, crashed into a hill on the Isle...

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Chartres, John (1985). Avro Shackleton. London: I. Allan. p. 85. ISBN 0711015139. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL743 Fastnet...

long range anti-submarine patrol aircraft (later supplanted by the Avro Shackleton) and air-sea rescue. It was also used for photo-reconnaissance and...

Hawker Hunter (1960–1971) Avro Shackleton AEW.2 (1973–1991) Boeing E-3 Sentry AEW1 (1991–2021) 8 Squadron's Avro Shackleton airborne early warning aircraft...

of Shackleton and photographer Frank Hurley. Aurora Australis, the first book produced in Antarctica, during the Nimrod Expedition Avro Shackleton, British...

and search and rescue roles pending the further development of the Avro Shackleton aircraft. It was also prominent in Operation Snowdrop, supplying food...

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Cornwall, flying Avro Shackleton MR.1s in the maritime reconnaissance role. In 1954, the squadron began to re-equip with the Shackleton MR.2. On 11 January...

issued by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to replace its fleet of ageing Avro Shackletons, the Nimrod MR1/MR2s were primarily fixed-wing aerial platforms for...

incidents involving the Avro Shackleton four-engined maritime patrol and later airborne early warning aircraft. 12 August 1951 Shackleton MR.1 VP283 of No....

GBU-12 GBU-24 Mark 24 mine - Obsolete 18" Mark 30 torpedo - Carried by Avro Shackleton and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. In service from 1954 to 1975. Mark 44 torpedo...

the Avro Vulcan V-bomber. He also converted the Lincoln into the Shackleton. His Avro Yorks carried one-third of the entire British tonnage during the...

dry liners. While the Nomad II was undergoing testing, a prototype Avro Shackleton was lent to Napier as a testbed. The engine proved bulky, like the...

September 1952 as a maritime reconnaissance squadron, it was equipped with Avro Shackletons and based at RAF St Eval in Cornwall. The squadron moved to RAF Kinloss...

1945) Avro Lancaster ASR.3 (Nov 1946 – Apr 1951) Avro Lancaster GR.3 (Nov 1946 – Apr 1951) Avro Shackleton MR.1 (Mar 1951 – Oct 1956) Avro Shackleton MR...

the Avro Shackleton MR.3, a version that used a tricycle undercarriage as opposed to the earlier tailwheel variants. Following the Shackleton's retirement...

December 1967 – XF702, Avro Shackleton MR.3, 206 Squadron, Inverness, 13 killed. 1968 19 April 1968 – WB833, Avro Shackleton MR.2, 204 Squadron, Argyll...

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The Avro 707 (also known as Type 707) is an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro. It was developed to...

The Avro 691 Lancastrian was a British and Canadian passenger and mail transport aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s developed from the Avro Lancaster heavy...

100-series), Canadair North Star/Argonaut (Merlin 600-series), and Avro Shackleton (Griffon 61 and 62).[citation needed] Capable of mounting either the...

Cigar (The) – a Wellington bomber. Funbus – Vickers VC10. Growler – Avro Shackleton. Also known as the White Whale or Old Grey Lady, the latter two being...

III (South African Air Force cabin mounted) Avro Lincoln (when fitted with mid-upper turrets) Avro Shackleton Bristol Brigand de Havilland Hornet & Sea...

early Cold War period. The first version of Autolycus was deployed on Avro Shackleton aircraft in the mid-1950s, with an improved version re-appearing in...

During the late 1940s, the RAF introduced the Avro Shackleton – a specialised MPA derivative of the Avro Lancaster bomber – in anticipation of a rapid...