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Flight Craft 9: Avro Shackleton
Neil Robinson
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Description for Flight Craft 9: Avro Shackleton
Paperback. .
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, this latest Flight Craft title, perfectly timed to coincide with the release of the first examples of the eagerly awaited new tool 1/72 scale Airfix kit, offers a concise history of the Shackleton's development ... Read more
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, this latest Flight Craft title, perfectly timed to coincide with the release of the first examples of the eagerly awaited new tool 1/72 scale Airfix kit, offers a concise history of the Shackleton's development ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473862630
SKU
V9781473862630
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Neil Robinson
Martin Derry has been involved in compiling, editing, assisting-in and writing about aviation-related books and publications for over 30 years and has brought a wealth of knowledge of the aircraft types and the colors that they flew in to enhance the _Flight Craft_ series, having compiled and authored several books in the range. He has several more books under production ... Read more
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