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...
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the RAAF. Avro 695 Lincolnian Transport derivative similar to the Avro Lancastrian Lincoln ASR.3 Initial designation of the Avro Shackleton, which was...
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long range anti-submarine patrol aircraft (later supplanted by the Avro Shackleton) and air-sea rescue. It was also used for photo-reconnaissance and...
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Saskatchewan, Canada Shackleton, Western Australia Shackleton, Zimbabwe Shackleton (crater), a crater at the south pole of the Moon Avro Shackleton, a maritime...
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Expedition Avro Shackleton, British long-range maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Air Force, named after him RRS Ernest Shackleton, a research...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Napier Nomad (category Avro Shackleton)
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...
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Roy Chadwick (category Avro Lancaster)
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...
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incidents involving the Avro Shackleton four-engined maritime patrol and later airborne early warning aircraft. 12 August 1951 Shackleton MR.1 VP283 of No....
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successful British aircraft with contra-rotating propellers are the Avro Shackleton, powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine, and the Fairey Gannet,...
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rocket at Swartkop Replica Patterson Number 2 Biplane at Swartkop Avro Shackleton at Swartkop Cheetah C at Swartkop SAAF North American P-51 Mustang...
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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...
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100-series), Canadair North Star/Argonaut (Merlin 600-series), and Avro Shackleton (Griffon 61 and 62).[citation needed] Capable of mounting either the...
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III (South African Air Force cabin mounted) Avro Lincoln (when fitted with mid-upper turrets) Avro Shackleton Bristol Brigand de Havilland Hornet & Sea...
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the Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft. Other aircraft so-equipped were the Vickers Viking, Handley Page Hermes, Handley Page Hastings, Avro Tudor...
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During the late 1940s, the RAF introduced the Avro Shackleton – a specialised MPA derivative of the Avro Lancaster bomber – in anticipation of a rapid...
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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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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...
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Liberator VIII 1946-1947 Avro Lancaster GR3 1948-1952 Handley Page Halifax GR6 1951-1954 Avro Shackleton MR1 1953-1966 Avro Shackleton MR2 Wikimedia Commons...
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maritime patrol aircraft like the Vickers Warwick and later the Avro Lancaster, Avro Shackleton and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. The Gear was also used by the Royal...
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