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Title: For Aviation buffs
Post by: Shackeng 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

Title: Re: For Aviation buffs
Post by: EMD on 03 February 2015, 19:06:02

18 hours in the air  :o Enjoyed that video  :y

Title: Re: For Aviation buffs
Post by: tigers_gonads 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

Title: Re: For Aviation buffs
Post by: Terbs on 03 February 2015, 19:58:41

Nice vid. Used to really upset me to see the fire training on the Shack at Benson :(

Title: Re: For Aviation buffs
Post by: dad1uk on 03 February 2015, 20:22:18

Thanks for that Shackeng, a fascinating programme!

Title: Re: For Aviation buffs
Post by: Shackeng 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. ::)