On this day in aviation history, March 9, 1949, the Avro Shackleton made its maiden flight. As World War II drew to a close, ...
In the late 1940s, as part of the United Kingdom's military response to the rapid expansion of the Soviet Navy and their ever-evolving submarines, the Royal Air Force called out for a new aircraft ...
Inside an incredible 134-year-old building in Manchester, England, I found something I didn't expect: an Avro Shackleton patrol aircraft. And a massive tandem-rotor Bristol Belvedere helicopter. It's ...
At head of title: Avro. "This book has been written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Avro Shackleton"--P. [4]. Subtitle on cover: The first forty years.