preparing for the massive task which is expected to take at least two years to rebuild a giant RAF submarine-hunting aircraft. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 9th January 2025. Shackleton WR963 had ...

It was an aircraft to be admired in the cold war years when keeping an eye on Soviet shipping was a vital part of winning the peace. Now the Avro Shackleton, named after the famous explorer Sir ...

Today's Object of the Week is a classic British aircraft which is being painstakingly rebuilt at a North Yorkshire air museum. A major milestone has been reached in the relocation of a giant RAF ...

A major milestone has been reached in the relocation of a giant RAF submarine-hunting aircraft. The Avro Shackleton, which was used to track Soviet submarines from the 1950s to the early 1990s ...

It was used by the Royal Air Force for 40 years up until ... things are going it is going to be the last aircraft I work on before I retire." The Shackleton has been sectioned into multiple ...

Work to rebuild a submarine-hunting aircraft at a top York attraction is ready to begin. All the sections of the the Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – which was used ...