Are there any Avro shackletons still flying?

Like the Avro 652 Anson and the Avro 698 Vulcan, the Avro 696 Shackleton was destined to have an extremely long service life, with the last aircraft being retired in 1991, forty-two years after the first flight of the prototype.

Are there any Airworthy shackletons?

The type was named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. With an impressive endurance of nearly 15 hours, a total of 185 Shackletons were built from 1951 to 1958: around 12 are still believed to be intact, with one still airworthy in South Africa, but not flying due to a lack of qualified crew members.

When did the Shackleton go out of service?

The first of the RAF Sentry aircraft arrived at its base of RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, in 1990 and the Shackleton AEW2 was finally retired in July 1991, Lossiemouth in the process losing its function as an AEW base. An RAF Sentry AEW1 as night falls on its RAF Waddington base.

Where is Pelican 16?

SAAF Avro Shackleton 1716 ‘Pelican 16’ is a disaster remains in Western Sahara.

What is an Avro Shackleton?

The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft for use by the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force. It was developed by Avro from the Avro Lincoln bomber.

What’s happening with the Shackleton aircraft?

The Shackleton Aviation Group (SAG) was formed, and while business as usual seems to be the way with the aircraft, in that running and taxying are the plan – a ground up approach has been taken with regards to the support structure, paving a way to returning a Shackleton to UK skies once more.

When did Shackleton wr963 last fly?

Avro Shackleton WR963 last felt air under her wings on 9 July 1991. The most recent Shackleton flight to date took place in December 2009, in the USA.

When was the first Shackleton test flight made?

The first test flight of the prototype Shackleton GR.1, serial VW135, was made on 9 March 1949 from the manufacturer’s airfield at Woodford, Cheshire in the hands of Avro’s Chief Test Pilot J.H. “Jimmy” Orrell. [5]