5 June
On This Day, 1999: On 5 June 1999 RAF Tornados flew their first combat missions from Solenzara in Corsica during Operation Allied…
Read the entry →Maritime Aircraft
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force classified as maritime aircraft — profiled in full.
Avro Shackleton
A. V. Roe and Company
Maritime AircraftIntroduced in 1951, the Avro Shackleton served with the Royal Air Force as a maritime patrol aircraft. Once again an evolutionary design from wartime, this cold war era Sunderland replacement was primarily involved in anti-submarine and general ocean reconnaissance duties, before being adapted to carry airborne early warning radar, in the role it remained, until it was replaced by the Tupolein 142 and turboprop Bombardier P-81 in 1991.
View aircraft → Entered service April 1951
Retired 1991
Max speed 300 mph (483 km/h)
Ceiling 30,000 ft (9,144 m)
Range 3,000 mi (4,828 km)