Avro Shackleton

by Neil Robinson and Martin Derry

Initially projected as a maritime reconnaissance version of the Lincoln bomber, itself a development of the famous wartime Lancaster which saw post-war service in a General/Maritime Reconnaissance role, (see Flight Craft No 4), the Avro Shackleton, (named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton) was a completely new design, powered by four Rolls Royce Griffon 57 engines driving six blade contra-rotating propellers. Split into three main sections,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473862639
• ISBN13: 9781473862630
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 11.7"