Final flight of the Shack. Pt. 1

[mrjake2002]

On December the 16th 2007, the last airworthy Shackleton made it's final flight from Midland, Texas and the Pima Air and Space Museum at Davis-Monthan, Arizona.

Taking Off:





























See Part 2.  :)

[C]

On December the 16th 2007, the last airworthy Shackleton made it's final flight from Midland, Texas and the Pima Air and Space Museum at Davis-Monthan, Arizona.

Not strictly true, as there is still the former SAAF Shack MR3 (which this payware package was designed to support) airworthy in SA.

It was the last flight of a former RAF AEW2 though...

[mrjake2002]

Ahh yes, quite correct. (Been Reading Aeroplane Monthly).  :)

[C]

Ahh yes, quite correct. (Been Reading Aeroplane Monthly).  :)

Mmm, I'm almost considering cancelling my subscription to that. I was seriously non-plussed by the latest issue's content...

Cancelled FlyPast last year, yet that is arguably now becoming the better of the two...

[mrjake2002]

Agree with you there... nice to see a mention of the old Wessex from down the road though.  8-)

[C]

Very nice shots though BTW, although I never noticed how out of scale the aircrew were on the Shackleton package!

Either that or they're Pygmies...

[Harold]

I never noticed how out of scale the aircrew were on the Shackleton package!

I thought the exact same thing ... I thought the Shack was developed based on the Lancaster and I was thinking: "Lancasters weren't that big were they?" ...

Nice series Jake ... I like the first. Very nice dynamics in that one