RE: Is Bristol Britannia G-AOVS still at Luton Airport ?

That’s too bad..so I take that what’s left is not of much
use in helping to preserve one of the remaining examples….
like G-ALRX or G-ANCF.

RE: RAFM Shackleton MR.3/3

That’s the picture I was looking for!! I just downloaded it off
airliners.net for my wallpaper..

Does look ready to roll doesn’t she..

With regards to painting static display like this Shackleton..do they do a respray or do they paint the entire airframe by hand/roller?
I had read that the HP Victor at YAM and Bruntingthorpe had been repainted in recent years and I was wondering how they did those also!!

RE: Avro Shackleton WL790

With regards to WR985 at Long Marston..what happened to the outer engines?..it looks like just the engine bearer remains on one side and the other outer engine is stripped back to the firewall..

RE: Avro Shackleton WL790

Well hopefully all is not lost with regards to WR963..a new coat of paint might help to keep the scrap man at bay. I am guessing that she is stored outdoors which doesn’t help any static airframe in the UK.

To bad no Shackleton’s were preserved at Bruntingthorpe..would have been a treat to see one fire up all four RR Griffon’s and give a fast taxi run….

It does look like only one is preserved indoors at this time…but we can still hope Duxford will find somewhere for theirs.

Here is a list of what might be surviving complete airframes.
WL747 Cyprus
WL757 Cyprus
WL790 Minneapolis St Paul – Air Atlantique – Flyer
WL795 RAF St. Mawgan
WR960 Manchester – Musuem of Science – stored indoors!
WR963 Conventry- Air Atlantique – Could be ground run?
1717 South Africa
1719 South Africa
1720 South Africa
1721 South Africa – SAAF Museum
1722 South Africa – Flyer
1723 South Africa
WR974 Gatwick – PG Vallance Collection
WR982 Gatwick – PG Vallance Collection – Ground run also?
WR977 Newark Air Museum
WR985 Long Marston
XF985 Duxford IWM

RE: Avro Shackleton WL790 “Mr McHenry”

Hi all,

After reading the last issue of Flypast. I read thatWR963 Shackleton AEW2 at Coventry had been repainted in any earlier colours. Does anyone have any recent pictures of the new paint scheme? I am guessing that she is maintained in taxiing condition also? any truth to that story?