Avro Shackleton Engine Run, 21st January 2023, Coventry Airport. No music, just pure engine sound!
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- Engine run for Avro Shackleton WR963 at Coventry Airport, 21st January 2023. No music, no video effects, just pure Rolls Royce sound! Sadly engine 1 refused to play ball today..
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From an American patriot too my friends across the pond. Hearing this lady thunder too life makes me proud. Blessings from across the pond. May God Bless and save us both!!
This was my local airport, seen her in real life. Now I'
ve moved down past London I ope to find a restoarion community that will teach me how to see ans work on babies like this one when the chivalry lived! This wierd, messed up world may not say this anymore, but I sure as heck will GOD BLESS YOU
I am an ex Corporal Engine Fitter of 205 Shackleton Squadron at RAF Changing in Singapore 1970 to 1971. What I would give to be transported back in time 50+ years. I’m sure it would do my 74 year old arthritic body some good. The memories…………😢
We'd all like to go back in time....🙂
@@davebryant6905 You aren't on your own Dave, and you won't be the last. Took me nearly 20yrs to get on with my life and look forwards instead of backwards....give it a go.
D M I know the feeling. Times were really hard back then but I think we were happier.
my father in law was there with 205 Ken Wade j
Mmmm. Left the RAF in 76 because my wife didn’t like the life, not my choice. But since the I have had a varied life experience. The only regret I really have is I should have taken more advantage of the opportunities the services offer you.
I've never seen this......beautiful ...smiling........monstrosity before. Ilove it.
I grew up in Namibia, born 1958. At that time South West Africa under control of South Africa. That was Apartheid South Africa. We had a Fishing Cabin at the coast where we went frequently during the year to do surf fishing. The South African Airforce did their Border Control of the vast coastline by air. The Schakelton! What a sound when it approached on low level, appearing suddenly above the low misty clouds and rumbling its way into the north. What a sound and appearance. Wonderfull!
Wow in one word .... fantastic.
Didn't know there was one of these still running. Made my day. Excellent. More please
Three left running worldwide, out of 185 built.
Hi chaps, great to see the love here for our old Shackleton. 32 years since retirement, still growling. Later this year she'll be moving from Coventry Airport (as it is slated for redevelopment) to Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington. Sadly its a road move, unless one of us hits the lottery jackpot... Rich Woods
@@Daniel-S1 Midland Air Museum is safe, their land is not included in the redevelopment.
Fantastic to see all your efforts to keep this grand old lady in good fettle. Well done to you all. Reminds me of those days when we had a maritime capability! 30,000 rivets flying in loose formation.
Absolutely it is an well kept heritage ,,
@scroggins100 - Nonsense, Mr Scroggins! I was in Malta, 1969 to 1971, and I had it good authority from an airframe rigger of 203 Squadron that it was *at least* 40,000!
:))
@@jackx4311 is it true that there was a watchmen on standby in case anyone ever tried walking into the props? Heard from someone who was an RAF engineer that the engine blades were hypnotic (not literally of course).
G9od grief. I realized my hp figure was all to cock after I sent. But the furor it created was like being an itenerant film star. I will get a friend to whip me mercillessly. Thank you all. Dave
Four massive Rolls Royce Griffon 35liter V12s! Beautiful mechanical music!
Beautiful noise. Great that she’s kept running. Wouldn’t it be great if she could take to the skies again. Can’t help loving a Shak.
Is she not air-worthy yet? Needs more TLC, eh?
@SpaceAce100
I thought they'd given up on that (I do hope I'm proved wrong though!)
One of these used to fly over Barry tech while I was there in the eighties
@@oxcart4172 We keep trying, but its all dependant on ££££s. People just seem to want two more and more seat Spits, rather than proper aeroplanes...
@biggles19821
Shame that the Shack is not that famous. But I'm sure it would help if the project had a higher profile and u put it out there that the plan is that she will fly again (given sufficient funds)
This is WR963, I was privileged to be captain of Crew 3, 38 Sun., RAF Luqa when this ‘Shack’ was ‘U’, our crew aircraft. Happy days.
Then why do you cower behind a fake name?
just pure engine sound I love it, no junk music underneath
Can't wait for this beauty to fly, this with Just Jane and PA474 would look great flying together, throw in the Canadian Lanc to and imagine what a sight that'll be to see this quartet fly together, with a mix of griffon and merlin powered spitfires to add to the sound
I share the same feeling
I’m ex RAF BFPO 51 1970 -1977 SVSS MT
Fire tenders and air craft refuelers
Thanks for sharing your video
Tony
Hearing the engines start it woke me up
203 sqd
I was a serving aircraft technician when these superb aircraft were in service. I refuelled and marshalled them several times. I think its only right that she should be completely STRIPPED OVERHAULED and put back into full airworthyness the same as the Lancaster! These aircraft served our country for decades and should have one example FLYING👍👏👏👏👏👏
Absolutely YES!!
I tuned right in when read "No Stinking Music". Well, similar. The engines sound strong. Thanks for showing.
The sound and the counter rotating props really are something of great beauty.Thankyou.
It's got a kind of raw power sound? If that makes sense
Contra rotating propellers are so cool.
I started writing a diatribe on the shocking demise of SAAF and SA as a nation because we too used to enjoy engine runs on our last serviceable Shacks but I decided to just shut up and enjoy the sounds again - thank you for the escape down memory lane.
Remember them well, noisy birds over Cape Town. Many mariners were also glad to see them!
Simply fabulous! Bravo what music, and let’s hope she can take to the air one day!
Last iteration of the Lancaster, and an amazing piece of history itself. Nice to see you attempting to keep her in a running shape. Hoping to see #1 running in the next vid !
Since this beauty will be flying soon, imagine her flying with Lanc PA474 and Just Jane
I didn’t realize there were any Shackletons still intact. Great job 😊
Love that distinctive sound of contra-props.
As a kid living on St George's bay Nova Scotia Canada I'd see this rumbling beast flying by very often
Worked at Armstrong Whitworth in the early 60s and we were making parts for these and refurbishing large parts of them also starting on making parts to install the Viper engines in the nacelles.
Would that make you a Coventry Kid?
Only the no.'s 1 & 4 engines had vipers in their nacelle, though.
Great little air museum at cov airport.
Being a local lad I'll deffo give it 10/10.
I saw the last 3 Shackletons flying very low in formation over my house in South Africa shortly before they were disbanded by the airforce.
Looking forward to seeing her at Elvington when she moves to Yorkshire Air Museum
Man, I love watching contra-rotating props in action!
Great work you guys!
Superb thanks all you guys for keeping this beauty alive👏👏👏
I was stationed at RAF Honnington in the 70.s we had Shacks that were providing air radar surveillance over Belize . Awesome aircraft. Closest I ever got to seeing a Lancaster in action.
Remember visiting my father (who was on No 12 squadron at the time) aged about 7, at Honington. The Shackleton were parked on the far side of the runway.
I was also at Honnington then gen mech E trade group 5 in the MT section remember the Shaks well saw the last fly past when they departed for Lossie.
Nice to see the old Shak. In running order. Thanks to the team!
I used to walk past this old girl when in flight school at Coventry airport doing my atpl’s @ Atlantic flight training which is long gone now, dc3, dc6, vampire, Canberra, Shackleton to name a few we’d walk past daily to our little training aircraft the da40 & da42, great memories
I just love Shackletons! Superb machines!
Yes they are!
I’m glad I saw this sub hunter flying in the past a beautiful plane 👏👏
Those engines are the sweetest music.
Had a couple of Changi-based 205 Sqdn's MR2's on rotational detatchment at Labuan, 1965/6. Nice to see that at least one of these is still in ground-running order.
One passed through Andersen AFB Guam way back in 1968 or 69 don't know the reason for the visit but it was interesting and great to witness it firsthand.
It was one of a number of aircraft that were returned to the UK for modification. I was on one of them and remember jurying transit being at Wake Island watching American reinforcements streaming in at the start of the Tet Offensive.
@@TheSheriff339 Thanks for taking time to give me a reasonable explanation for seeing this UK Shackleton long range maritime patrol aircraft transiting through Andersen AFB, it was the only one I ever witnessed and seemed to have a large crew of say 9-11 members. It was a very interesting aircraft to witness firsthand, I never forgot it.
Thanks once again.
those props are mesmerising…
Fantastic ,thanks for brightening up my day .
I was a cpl in the griffon engine bay in the 8 sqn hangar at Lossiemouth from 87 to 1990 .
It was a great experience ,btw send my regards to Pete Jolly 😊
Cheers
Dave Muir
Glad you enjoyed it
As an air cadet in the late 80s a few of us were allowed to go in an AEW Shackleton at RAF Lossiemouth; i remember all the operator seats being gaffer taped to cover the holes and the rain dripping through into the fuselage; hopefully things have changes since then
I had a similar experience as a cadet camped at Lossiemouth early 2000's. We went to Kinloss and experienced the nimrod. The smell is something you don't expect
Same here, spent a week at RAF Kinloss around 85/86. Got to see the Nimrods at Kinloss and then the Shackletons at Lossimouth. I remember thinking they were held together with duct tape and hope. I also remember how cramped they were inside and having to clamber over the wing spar.
There was a UK wide exercise going on that week too and I'll never forget one of the old cogders, mast have been at least 30 😂😂, telling us that they'd managed to get all 6, (possibly 7) Shackletons up in the time it took them to get 2 Nimrods off the ground.
Pro tip - always take a roll of gaffer tape on board with you. My Dad was a W/op on Lincolns right up to March 1963 and they leaked like sieves!
When l was a child in the late 50s early 60s there used to be 2 that used to fly over the area we lived in North Wales every Fri night about the same time going North. Probably to Lossiemouth. They were flying pretty high only just about see them. Remember the incredible noise.
That's a thing of beauty.
My late Father was a member of Coastal Command during WW2 at RAF St. Eval in Cornwall. I remember these wonderful aircraft flying over the Cornish coast as a child.
They were post-war, 1950-1990; during WW2, St. Eval flew Consolidated Liberators on ASW patrols.
@@dereknelson-wills4213 He never said he saw them fly during WW2.
My sightings of the Shackleton would have been in the mid to late '60's from Porthmeaor beach, St. Ives, Cornwall. As with many Veterans of his day, he rarely spoke of his wartime experiences. He told me more when we were both older, I don't recall him ever speaking to his grandchildren on the matter. So folks, if you can, at least tell your children, your sacrifice must not be downplayed or forgotten.
Loved seeing that beautiful bird fly into Keflavik back in the 80s
Saw same at Kef in 1962.
Those engines look really hard to start🤔 Beautiful when they are up and going, though😜👏
It’s so pleasing to see one complete and running 👍👍
My late dad was leading aircraft (electrical) technician on these and then moved onto Vulcan bombers
No smoke👍
Great Rolls Royce Griffons.
It mesmerizes me seeing the propellers spin.
4 X Rolls Royce Griffon unbelievable beautiful sound 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Couldn't agree more!
I remember seeing some over flying low at night when i was little
Wow that’s amazing to see and hear this those griffon 57 engines. I got to see the Shackleton fly (the growler) at biggin hill would of been very early 90’s there was two there before they were being sold to South Africa iconic aircraft
Watched a Shak take off about 30 years ago when I was a student pilot. The noise from those contra rotating props and radials is absolutely deafening. Never heard anything so loud in my life. The South African airforce museum kept a few flying. Sadly this regime and it's members sold / stole / wreaked anything that was metal for scrap.
Regards from South Africa
I trained as a navigator at STO / STT in the very early seventies to fly on the Shaks. A very enjoyable time that was.
V12 Griffons not radials.
@@thomaslubben8559 Thanks for correction, I did not know that info. Just goes to show, still learning at 67 years of age. But, to be honest I did not know much about them. They were already being phased out even in the early 80's .
Regards from South Africa
@@IO-zz2xy Yeah, the big radiators and intercoolers give the engines a wide-mouth appearance.
Ah, the GROWL!!
Awesome! Thanks much! Also, good decision for forego the addition of 'music', it would have detracted from the real music!
Glad you liked it!
I was on 206 Sdn at RAF St.Mawgan....engines not starting was almost unknown.They were serviced regularly at East Kilbride in Scotland, returning to St. Mawgan as good as new. Incidentally the rpm by the props isn't the engine rpm; the reduction gear reduces the props to about one third engines rpm..
I was just watching this and thinking back to my childhood in St. Austell (well, someone had to live here!) - I'd always run outside to watch the Shackletons fly over - that sound was awesome - and to see how many engines were 'off'! I'll never forget a Cub Scout trip to St Mawgan, where we ate our packed lunches in a Shackleton!! That was late 60's. Some memories never fade...
The more we run her the more reliable she is.. but she's not doing bad to say these are the engines she flew into Coventry on 32 years ago. And when they do start - even that stubborn No 1 - we can still get dry take off power. No water meth these days... sorry!
@@biggles19821 Thanks for your reply....a question for you, if I may. I'm part way through a Revell Shack kit - I'm obviously building the St Mawgan version! But - it has a couple of gas turbines in that version. I never knew they had two extra power sources - what's the story, please?
@@crispy_otter By the time Shackleton Mr3 Phase 3 came into service its all up weight had increased considerably. As a result it was fitted with two Rolls Royce Vipers in the outboard nacelles to increase take off performance.
Enjoy the kit build!
@@biggles19821 thank you - much appriciated. I did try to find info on the Vipers, but didn't find anything (obviously I was not looking in the right place!) I shall carry on with my model - it evokes lots of memories - we moved from near Heathrow and were used to jets flying low over our house! My dad was an ex aero-mechanic and knew lots about the Shackletons, but for me - as a 7 year old - watching and listening to these fascinating aircraft with piston engines and propellors flying over our new house was a whole new experience!
When it went out of service I was working at RAF Carlisle and a Shackleton did a fly over a few times as we used to keep spare parts for it
Used to be a couple of Shackletons parked up at Paphos Airport on Cyprus.
Yes they were still there last year they have been moved to the far side of the runway.
My father was stationed at Aķŕotiŕii 56 - 59 . I was just a child back then but I seem to remember that he had a bit to do with the Shackleton's and many others as well.
Would love to know if they get No.1 going on that day?
Beautiful
Fantastic!
Absolutely beautiful airplane! Thank you for sharing this!
Love the way the props work beautiful
And this is on a warm day......
Yeah, it gets even more fun when everything is frozen solid.
NICE !
Beautiful :)
Spend all day with headphones on keeping out aircraft noise then I get home and I put on headphones again to listen to these engines.
Sounds a lot better than a Saab 340 though.
Great airplane. Did long service , replaced by the nimrod which was also aGreat airplane that was the victim of underfunding and stupid decisions.
Love it ❤
Nice video. Thank you.
Magnificent
That's the first time in my life I've ever heard one of these rattle into life
Used to fly this airframe when it was AEW.
Chasing the TU95 Bears with a Lightning fighter. P Milward.
@@petermilward4010 would be a lovely experience to see her back where she belongs
Magnificent aircraft.
With an old aircraft, you don't simply start one, you wake it up.
Steam Engines are the same.
Sound must be awesome!!!
awsome sights and sounds .. my Dads first job in the RAF was to remove and re rivet the bomb aimers windows on Shacks
What a beauty. Congratulations and the greatest respect to all involved n keeping the old girl in such fine fettle. Oh, to see her flying!
Thank you for the compliments.
Wasn't familiar w this ship. What a beautiful beast.
It could be called the final iteration of the Lancaster, the Lancaster was evolved into the Lincoln and the Lincoln was used as the basis for the Shackleton, the R.A.F. finally retired the Shackleton in 1991 after almost 40 years of service, it’s believed they were one of the last piston engined aircraft in front line service in the world at the time of their retirement.
As a child, I used to watch these old ladies fly in and out of Gibraltar where my father was stationed as the RAF Dental officer at RAF Northfront. Even then as a 7-yr old, I could tell they barely had enough power to get into the air off the Gibraltar runway. I think their rate of climb on full power was in the region of 2ft/minute!! ;-)
I had a relative who flew these and he said that if you lost an engine you were in a descent - they had this happen and had to throw anything and everything that could be unbolted over the side in order to get back to land.
@@stuarthawksworth - I was based at RAF Luqa for 2 years, and saw PLENTY come back on three engines, with no trouble maintaining altitude. A friend who was a fitter on 203 Squadron wangled a flight on a Shack flying from Malta to Gibraltar, and had TWO engines fail at around the half-way mark - and they carried on, WITHOUT throwing anything out, AND made a perfect landing at Gib.
@@stuarthawksworth Considering they had near enough twice the power of a Lanc they should be fine.
Such a beautiful aircraft
Rolls Royce engine sound ! Thanks 👍 ...."soft musical sound"!
Such an UNDERATED..AIRCRAFT..KEPT ME INTERESTED..AT EVERY AIRSHOW..
i would love to see more of this
I do love to watch contras starting up.
Love to see the contra rotating props !
3 out of 4 is still cool, especially with the contra-rotating props
All 4 now run after an engineering day following this engine run!
These engines do nice. But, my all time favourite prop engine will always be thger Rolls Royce Merlin Engine. That engine simply purrrrrsss & not roiars like many other prop driven engines. Although these don't sound bad at all although i may find somewhere these engines in flight or ar least take off on this aircraft. SOMETIME when i decide to have a look. 🤔
Seems to me that both outboard engines were more difficult to start.
Beautiful aircraft, absolutely awesome sound!!
A little tired! Without cert of airworthiness and permit to fly, the standard of maintenance still needs to be thorough, but only expensive enough to maintain electrics & hydraulics, try to ensure that the engines don't damage themselves and the props stay on! (Still expensive.)
Inner 2&3 engines were Griffon 58; outer 1&4 were Griffon 57.
@@thephilpott2194 Its more an issue of dealing with ageing aircraft issues and 32 years outdoors in all weathers. We pulled all the props off for maintenance a couple of years ago, which was an epic task. We have to strike a balance between calendar life and hours run; and so far it seems to work.
@@dereknelson-wills4213 Only on the Mk 1 Shackleton. Later, all variants had G.58 to make all powerplants interchangeable to all positions on the wing.
I..I.....am hipnotizad...
Really cool.
From that angle looks like an airplane from a Pixar cartoon :)
Outer port engine won't dance with others !. How our guys flew 20,000hp. on a bird cage I'll never know. Thanks you guys. Dave
20,000 HP? What are you on about?
@@jackx4311 8605 hp me old diviner. Knew it was wrong after I'd sent it. Cheerup 4311. Regards Dave
@@jackx4311 😁
8000 ish.
20,ooo ft. In a birdcage. Jack X.
To a crew chief that is music . 👍
This is gorgeous. Hats off to the team and contributors keeping this going. Where to look for enquiring minds, please ?
She certainty is! Another engine run on the 25th February, see www.avroshackleton.co.uk/ for details!
Thanks for the compliments, glad you enjoy seeing our aircraft run up.
YEAH BABY !!
Really noticeable lack of smoke on start-up...compared to an old radial!
the front of the Griffons is almost the size of a radial engine !
I was wondering if the engines were Merlin’s or Griffons. Such an awesome and perfect sound! Music to a pilot’s ears.
Big Griffon’s
Good old props😬
I remember hearing of a liney doing a see-off who pulled a mainwheel chock out and stepped back through the contra-rotating props. Somehow he missed getting hit by the blades, but when he realised what had happened he fainted on the spot.
Maybe he should have bought a lottery ticket 😁
Baloney.
@@darkwood777 You're obviously an expert, so would you like to clarify that?
WOW, they used to run the RR Tyne engines on the Vickers Vanguard (Merchantman) at Brooklands, but I believe they had to stop as parts were scarce for those engines