Avro Shackleton WR963 at Cosford 1991

This machine is now at Coventry Airport in full working order,But this video captures what may have been her last sortie with the Raf.The Aircraft operated by NO 8 Squadron based at Raf Lossiemouth retired most of the fleet in June 1991 with the last six Aircraft being replaced by the E-3D Sentry in July 1991.With that the last true Avro Aircraft was retired from the raf.

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Travel & Events

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• Raf
• Cosford
• Arvo
• Shackelton
• WR963
• NO
• Squadron
• Lossiemouth

[07edwardluckett]

This one at Coventry Airport is not airworthy though is it?

[264flight]

Well this machine is not airworthy at the moment but there is now a group at Coventry called "Shackelton to the sky" which are trying to get this aircraft fling again so keep an eye open you never know we may yet see a shackelton flying again one day :-) Cheers Lee.

[gtrtech13]

Amazing the think the defence of the UK depended on such a wonderful aircraft, a British aircraft and today we cannot even make such a wonderful piece of engineering, it is a sad indictment on the successive governments we have had to weaken us so badly.

[edj66]

@gtrtech13 We probably could if we wanted to to be fair. I guess there isn't the financial incentive though.

[Bourinos02]

It's always really impressive to hear the SOUND of theses WWII bombers :D

[Moneybox730]

204, my 1st posting out of training, was horrified at the time, but made my life

[Aaidas2]

Wow, amazing footage, the sound of it incoming makes my hair stand up, imagine 30 or so of these or B17 flying overhead :O

[MsCaroltaylor]

@JC107LTA My dad was flying in Shackletons at Kinloss at about that time, Flt Lt Vic Taylor, did you know him at all?

[nolifemerc]

what happens if u cross a b24 with an avro lanc. b3?

[gaz11h]

I remember being at this particular Cosford show the Avros (Vulcan and Shackleton) setting off the car alarms it were grand

[JC107LTA]

I was fortunate to work on the MK3 Phase3 Shackeltons at RAF Kinloss and actually signed off as Crew Chief for the 1st Mk2 AEW shack in 1971!

[theupsetter1969]

Nice video, I used to stand on the cliff tops near my house when I was a kid and watch these fly by almost at the same level. Shame I never had a camera in those days.