What: 📅 Shackleton Ground Run (Ysterplaat)
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Where: 🕳 Ysterplaat airforce Base
“Avro Shackleton MR1 named after Ernest Shackleton, and later improved to the MR2 that were all tail draggers. The SAAF and RAF required numerous upgrades that included a tricycle undercarriage for improved cross-wind landings. The wings had to have wingtip fuel tanks for an extended range, a clear-v”