SAAF Shackleton loud & live

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evhest
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SAAF Shackleton loud & live

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Hi all,

Taken last week at Ysterplaat in Cape Town. The SAAF has one Shackleton in airworthy condition and every last saturday of the month it performs a groundrun which is open for the public. The thing is louder than I remembered from the Texel air show in 1989, where an RAF example flew by.

Problem is the aircraft will probably never fly again as the crew is considered to old by authorities.

Regards,
Elmer
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stunning nr 2 picture !!
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great....

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great....

If only we could hear it............

Thanks E.
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Holy cow! I never knew Shackletons were built with nose wheels! And to make sure I wasn't nuts, I searched and RAF Shackletons indeed had tail wheel steering.....
Great pics and thanks for teaching me something :)

Erwin
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