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Avro Shackleton & BAC VC10

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AEW2 Shackleton of 8Sqn taken at Church Fenton early 90s AEW2 Shackleton of 8Sqn taken at Lossiemouth, the home base, in 1991 Main consoles of AEW2 Shackleton Radio operators seat of AEW Mk2 Shackleton The business end and not club class of the AEW Mk2 Shackleton
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Galley come sick bay or first aid unit in Shackleton AEW2 Air engineers seat leading to the 1st pilots seat on left Heading out to the North Sea in Shackleton AEW2 having just left RAF Lossiemouth which can be seen out of the window Shackleton AEW Mk2 over the North Sea, suspect fuel leak soon brings sortie to a short but memorable journey Disembarkation taken from crew bus at end of sortie.
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Shackleton MR Mk3 based at Newark Air Museum VC10 Mk K2 of 101 Sqn Centre mounted flight refuelling17b hose drum unit TV monitoring unit fixed beneath fuselage near to main wing section area Mk32/2800 light weight underwing refuelling pod
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Gulf war logo on a Mk 3 View from 1st pilots seat seconds after take off from Leuchars Entrance way to a busy cabin today Sharing the ramp with some German Phantoms End view of the series of 5 floor mounted cylindrical fuel cells in the main cabin
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Precautions just in case we dont make it back to dry land An 11Sqn F3 Tornado tucks in on a turn while taking fuel Stornaway just below the starboard wing Tanked up and off on another CAP.(Combat Air Patrol) VC10 cabin
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VC10 - TV Monitoing Unit

Thanks to John Luke for supplying all the photos in this Gallery.