when did the British army let you walk around with 3 days growth and sport a mop of hair like that?’

When you have left? 🙂

The South Africans also tried approaching him for parts and initial attempts were encouraging – but when they arrived in Cyprus suddenly the price went through the roof again.

Looks like someone has had a couple of props, what was the story there I wonder?

East Fortune had the Strathallen T.4 on their doorstep and nothing happened! As a national museum they would at that time had the opportunity to have a Shackleton effectively gifted ! For whatever reason it didn’t happen so there doesn’t appear to have been a strong interest in doing anything.

They possibly thought that a T.4 was not representative and that they might have had an AEW delivered foc? (When did the runways at East Fortune go out of use?)

I do indeed, that’s why my next transatlantic flight in a few days is going to be 1) by Virgin and 2) in a 747

Bon voyage.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/virgin-atlantic-flight-north-wales-10054498
(point being that no aircraft or operator is immune from technical hitches)

It will be interesting to hear what it goes for.

Glad all OK.
Remarkable name of eyewitness;

Eyewitness Reggie Bugmuncher said she was waiting at a gate for her flight when she heard people saying: “Oh, my God.”

Interestingly the registration GPC671 draws a blank on the DVLA registration check

https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk

I believe the aircraft was recovered to a runway by using the undercarriage to control direction of flight.
It seems that the individual legs were retracted and extended in a sequence to control the direction of flight along with the use of the remaining control surfaces.

Would they not have used engine thrust to control direction?