Shackleton Operations
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Here are details of the airfix kit
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I believe it was the Frog edition, possibly the Mk3 of which I have 2 boxed unmade versions in my occupational therapy collection in the loft.Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:39 pmAt least it doesn't have the 6 inch rivets of the previous one. Was that Revell too or Frog?
Purchased decades ago with a view to bodging at least one into a passable semblance of a Mk2 AEW version, I even have some eng drawings cadged from the contractor’s working party at Lossiemouth of the radome in detail so’s I could have a bash at making one up.
I suppose the weathering kit the video is pushing at the end would be a very necessary ‘refinement’ to any well made kit!
Aaah, the enthusiasm of youth...!
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BM, especially the ducks arses.
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If you are not into making kits then Nice Airplanes have a whole section of 'made to order' wooden Shackletons - 21" wingspan, 15" long, £150 plus postage. Livery to your specification. I have a couple of their helicopter models and the detail is superb, all hand painted. Go on, you know you want to.......
Nice Airplanes models - Shackleton page
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C16, before plastic there was a model shop in Birkenhead that had beautiful wooden models Beaufighter, Mosquito etc. Not toys and not for sale.
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No doubt I've put this on the wrong thread, but for you LRMP chaps, the death of Air Chief Marshal Sir David Parry-Evans:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... enior-raf/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... enior-raf/
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Not being a Telegraph subscriber, I looked up his Wiki page, and found this:FD2 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:48 amNo doubt I've put this on the wrong thread, but for you LRMP chaps, the death of Air Chief Marshal Sir David Parry-Evans:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... enior-raf/
It appears that he was promoted from Squadron Commander to Station Master, without getting posted out and in!He became Officer Commanding No. 214 Squadron in 1974 and Station Commander at RAF Marham in 1975.
Did this mean he didn't have to do the clearing and arriving with his Blue Card?
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That website could bankrupt the whole of this forumCharlieOneSix wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:06 pmIf you are not into making kits then Nice Airplanes have a whole section of 'made to order' wooden Shackletons - 21" wingspan, 15" long, £150 plus postage. Livery to your specification. I have a couple of their helicopter models and the detail is superb, all hand painted. Go on, you know you want to.......
Nice Airplanes models - Shackleton page
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A Shacking Great Big ****, out of its natural habitat:
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Brig Gen Derrick Page, formerly the SAAF Liaison Officer for veterans associations was on that flight.
A top bloke, maintained his RAFA membership, now in retirement in the Cape. I made the e-mail connection twixt he and ExA, for ExA to address the Cape Town branch.
A top bloke, maintained his RAFA membership, now in retirement in the Cape. I made the e-mail connection twixt he and ExA, for ExA to address the Cape Town branch.
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That was an amazing run of bad luck.
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Virtual Tour of the Avro Shackleton WR960
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Thank you Ricardian, the galley obviously had an upgrade after I left. The pan boiler and infrared oven were quite new. We had a water boiler and a 6 tray fsn oven. Initially we pumped water onto the boiler from Jerry cans as the water tanks were not in use for some reason. They were recommissioned after I complained.
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I attended a wine tasting this evening and one of the wines we tasted was this.
The vineyard owner explained why it was given this name and here’s the link
https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 19630808-0
The vineyard owner explained why it was given this name and here’s the link
https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 19630808-0
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