Shackleton documentary

[ottovonskidmark]

Stumbled across this on YouTube. Great stuff from when the beeb was good.

https://youtu.be/elENLa01XHA

[TriumphStag3.0V8]

Got to love the big Shack.

[Eric Mc]

Gatwick?

[TriumphStag3.0V8]

Yes indeed

[Simpo Two]

It seems a very happy Shackleton!

[hutchst]

How odd. Last night I stumbled across the 2 part South African documentary on the one that went down in the Sahara en route to the UK in 1994. Coincidence?

[Tony1963]

Yes. Coincidence.

[Ayahuasca]

Why is the front glass panel flat? It looks so aerodynamically unsound that there must be a good reason for it.

[Eric Mc]

It's the bomb aimer's window and needs to be clear of distortion. Most bombers had a flat panel in the nose for this reason -

Avro Lancaster -



Handley Page Halifax -



Short Stirling -

[lufbramatt]

The upper flat window was for the gunsight- the earlier MR versions had 2x 20mm cannon, one either side of the nose for strafing ships.

[Yertis]

That looks like an MR3, I think would have had the guns originally?

[Eric Mc]

It is an MR3. The Mk1 and 2 all had tailwheels.

[spikep]

On the opening scene as the Shack is being pushed out the hangar. I’m the one driving the tractor pushing it!! Didn’t even get a picture of me.

[Steve_W]

The SAAF museum has Pelican 22, which does ground runs like the one at Coventry airfield.

Sometimes the ground runs can have unexpected results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qmsC3cPNXQ

[outnumbered]

ottovonskidmark said:

Stumbled across this on YouTube. Great stuff from when the beeb was good.

https://youtu.be/elENLa01XHA

Thanks for posting, really enjoyed watching that.

[Simpo Two]

Steve_W said:

The SAAF museum has Pelican 22, which does ground runs like the one at Coventry airfield.

Sometimes the ground runs can have unexpected results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qmsC3cPNXQ

Why did they abort the run? It just wasted fuel...

[ottovonskidmark]

Simpo Two said:

Steve_W said:

The SAAF museum has Pelican 22, which does ground runs like the one at Coventry airfield.

Sometimes the ground runs can have unexpected results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qmsC3cPNXQ

Why did they abort the run? It just wasted fuel...

This SAAF Shackleton?

https://youtu.be/1qmsC3cPNXQ

[Ayahuasca]

The YouTube docu on the Saffa Shak that crashed in the desert is good.

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[Ayahuasca]

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