Avro Shackleton Aircraft

Shackleton AEW.2, Manchester

Production Details

Design Company:

A.V. Roe and Co Ltd, Greengate, Middleton, Manchester and Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire

First Flight:

9 March 1949

Prototype:

3 - A.V.Roe and Co Ltd

Shackleton MR.1:

29 - A.V.Roe and Co Ltd

Shackleton MR.1A:

48 - A.V.Roe and Co Ltd

Shackleton MR.2:

69 - A.V.Roe and Co Ltd

Shackleton MR.3:

42 - A.V.Roe and Co Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

Avro Shackleton MR.3

Type:

Four engined, long range maritme reconnaissance monoplane

Wing:

Cantilever mid wing monoplane. Two spar all metal structure

Fuselage:

Light alloy stressed skin semi monocoque structure

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane tailplane and end plate fins and rudders. All metal structure

Landing Gear:

Retractable nose wheel type. Main wheels retract backward into inner engine nacelles

Power Plant:

Four 2,455 hp Rolls-Royce Griffon 57A twelve cylinder Vee liquid cooled engines, each driving a de Havilland six blade co-axial counter rotating airscrew, 13 ft diameter

Accommodation:

Crew of ten

Armament:

Two 20 mm cannon in nose. Large single bomb compartment

Span:

119 ft 10 in

Length:

92 ft 6 in

Height:

23 ft 4 in

Wing Area:

1,421 sq ft

Tare:

57,800 lb

Loaded:

100,000 lb

Max Speed:

300 mph at 12,000 ft

Rate of Climb:

850 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

19,200 ft

Range:

3,660 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Shackleton AEW.2:

WL756 - Caernarfon Air Museum - Nose WR960 - Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, Manchester - Display WR963 - Air Atlantique Classic Flight, Coventry Airport - Display

Shackleton MR.3:

WR971 - Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, West Walton Highway - Fuselage WR974 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display WR977 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display WR982 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display XF708 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display

Shackleton T.4:

VP293 - City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich Airport - Nose WG511 - The Flambards Experience, Helston - Nose

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