When 8 screws were better than 4 blow-jobs

[paddyboy]

Hi Peeps

Got that title from a Shack crew-member at Colt's display in 1979

Did she make a racket or what

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'Shack', 'Growler' or '10,000 rivets flying in close formation': you take your pick from those epithets

Hope they are worth a peek

Best regards as always

Paddyboy

[Dave934]

Ha Ha Ha..."and this years best thread title goes to...."
And a brilliant set of shots too !
Thanks Mr PB, it made me smile.
Dave.

[phantom6]

Thats nice i loved this old bird thanks for posting Paddy

[Nighthawke]

Still true today Brilliant post PB. Lovely aircraft with an unmistakable sound.

[grumpy616]

Great stuff Paddy

[F3]

Shack - tastic. I sent for a Sotheby's auction programme which enabled me to attend the pre-sale viewing of the final 4 Shacks @ Waddington in '92. Probably the best tenner I ever spent. All excellent but #6 is the pick of the bunch.

[H.A.Bucken]

Well done Patrick.
I regret never buying the T shirt at an Airfete: '8 screws' on the front and the rest on the back.
Still have most of my Judes Ferry Beer Festival Ts though some are a bit moth-eaten now, good days when Dave and his wife had the pub and most of his darts team were Honeywell or Pratt and Witney engineers at DET 4. I often wondered how the DET 4 patch came to be a dartboard with a dart in double 2.
Roger

[Rugbyref]

I was lucky enough to go a flight in a Shack MR3 from Luqa as an air cadet in 1971. We even found a Soviet sub!

[eLaReF]

I'm sure I posted this in a Lossie Air Show topic, but worth repeating for those 'youngsters' who may have no idea of what we are talking about

Unofficial 8 Sq Motto when Lossiemouth also had based Jaguars & Buccaneers

8 Squadron Un-Official Motto by eLaReF, on Flickr

[Seahawk 11]

Just great, I love the Shackleton, I can remember them well down at St. Mawgan, many years ago now,

Rob

[slogen51]

Fantastic post , one of your best

I didn't see that many shacks but I do remember seeing my first one flying operationally from RAF Honington. It looked from a bygone age even in the 70s but a great sound track.

[Morseman]

Thanks Paddyboy, brings back memories of Ballykelly in the early 60's, my first posting from Boy Entrant training.

[reheat module]

Wonderful Paddy!
During my time on the Kinloss Nimrod Line, I always stopped to watch these beasties when they used the runway.
Sometimes lumbering, not too fast, but strangely majestic, they were great.
Thanks for the flashbacks Paddy.

[Blue Diamond]

Happy memories. Thanks for sharing. Had an 8 Squadron sticker emblazoned with your thread title.

[jaybee]

Lovely stuff Paddy, all about an aeroplane whose concept, was born with a man stretching to nearly 3 centuries ago. Roy Chadwick born in the late 1800s and father of the Lancaster...
P/s Another one of them stickers , all the way from Lossie...

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[paddyboy]

Hi Peeps

Thanks so much for peeking and replying

Glad you enjoyed them

Paddyboy

[Blackcat1]

Beautiful Paddy!

[raptor9]

Ah Patrick!!. What lovely memories!. The aeroplane photos were good as well.!!

[Sparky 119]

On a visit to Gatwick Aviation Museum a few years ago I remember spending quite a bit of time on one of the frames that was there with a former Shackleton crew member ,certainly must have been an experience to operate with them. Another good post Paddy

[david14]

Great stuff PB, fantastic aircraft and terrific sound