Avro Shackleton

**Shackleton**
	maritime patrol aircraft family by Avro
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Instance of	aircraft family;
Subclass of	land-based maritime patrol aircraft; airplane with 4 engines;
Named after	Ernest Shackleton;
Operator	Royal Air Force;
Manufacturer	Avro;
First flight	9 March 1949;
Service retirement	1991;
Length	26.62 m;
Wingspan	36.52 m;
Total produced	185;
Authority file
	Q791508; Library of Congress authority ID: sh88002679; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10662797; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007539101705171
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; KML file; Search depicted;

English: The Avro Shackleton was a piston-engined military aircraft built by Avro and named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. It served with the Royal Air Force in Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), Airborne Early Warning (AEW), Search and rescue (SAR) and other roles from 1951 until 1990.

Deutsch: Die Avro 696 Shackleton ist ein viermotoriges Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), also ein See-Fernaufklärer. Er basierte auf der Avro Lincoln und wurde von 1951 bis 1990 eingesetzt. Er wurde in Großbritannien durch die British Aerospace Nimrod abgelöst.

Photos

Avro Shackleton

Photos

Navigation menu

Search