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Shackeng

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For Aviation buffs
« on: 03 February 2015, 13:23:58 »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elENLa01XHA

For the aviation buffs out there, somebody just sent me this. I never operated this AEW version, only T4s, (training version of Mk1) 2's, 3's and 3.3's (fitted with 2 Vipers as well as the 4 Griffons), but the AEW is basically a Mk2. :y

PS But I was still glad to convert onto Nimrods, which in the Mk1 guise were so overpowered, it made you smile. :D
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Re: For Aviation buffs
« Reply #1 on: 03 February 2015, 19:06:02 »
18 hours in the air  :o Enjoyed that video  :y
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Re: For Aviation buffs
« Reply #2 on: 03 February 2015, 19:24:30 »
Saw a Shack fly between 5sqn and LTF hangers at Binbrook during one exercise maybe 1985 ish 
I could swear you could feel the wash off the props as she went over  :o :D

Proper engineering imo
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Re: For Aviation buffs
« Reply #3 on: 03 February 2015, 19:58:41 »
Nice vid. Used to really upset me to see the fire training on the Shack at Benson :(
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Re: For Aviation buffs
« Reply #4 on: 03 February 2015, 20:22:18 »
Thanks for that Shackeng, a fascinating programme!
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Re: For Aviation buffs
« Reply #5 on: 03 February 2015, 22:07:20 »
Quote from: EMD on 03 February 2015, 19:06:02
18 hours in the air  :o Enjoyed that video  :y

Fortunately, I never managed that long in the air, the longest trip, (from memory, the relevant logbook being hidden from myself somewhere >:()  was 16.55 (42 Sqn. Mk3) on SAR. Oddly the longest duty day I did was not on a Shack but on a Nimrod to Tokyo, via Fairbanks, Shemya (Aleutian Islands), Nagoya, Tokyo. Four sectors, 24.45 hours and one extremely knackered crew. ::)
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