wonwinglo

Here is another one from my collection,this is a Avro Shackleton MR.2 converted from the old Frog kit which is a tricycle undercarriage version,new undercarriage modified from a Lancaster,modified nose and removing the wingtip tanks and rounding off the wings amongst other tasks involved.

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duncan

Fondly remembered in my local area as "the Grey Ladies of Lossie" (RAF Lossiemouth) and by those that worked on them ,less reverentially as "60,000 rivets flying in close formation". A couple went to South Africa on retirement and sadly one to Cyprus where it rots away in neglect. One crash landed just after take-off(bird strike) at the Culloden Battlefield site.( where the Jacobite Rebellion came to an end with the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie`s supporters) The pilot`s log entry of the incident was a classic laconic one-liner "Fell at Culloden". This may puzzle some future historians.

wonwinglo

*** That is a great piece of history Duncan,thanks for letting us know,we have an example which is run up here on occasions at Coventry airport,she is owned by the Shackleton association and looked after by Air Atlantique,apparently every time they run the engines for a few minutes it guzzles £100 worth of 100 octane aviation spirit,its future is in doubt as the new airport owners charge a parking fee and it runs up a large bill.

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'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !'
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duncan

Local folklore has it that the crew of the downed Shack strolled into the local pub at Culloden in full flying kit and had a couple of pints before phoning the base ! Casual or what..!

twojean

That's probably what produced the laconic report!

J4220388

The pilot was Sqn Ldr 'Pop' Gladstone and he received the AFC for this incident. Part of the citation read," he landed the aircraft by the light of the burning wing!" The way I heard it was the crew found their way to a ceilidh which was in progress nearby and it was more than a couple of pints!