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Constructed as a Shackleton MR.2. |
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23 June 1953 |
First flight. |
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7 August 1953 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WL790. |
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Converted to a Shackleton AEW.2. |
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19 September 1972 |
Transferred to 8 Squadron, RAF Kinloss. |
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1 March 1983 |
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Sandy Greenless comments (17 June 2023): I had a 5 and 3/4 hour flight in her from RAF Kinloss on 1st july 1993. I was a 15 year old ATC cadet on camp at the time. Flight was from Kinloss all the way down to England and back up. |
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10 September 1983 |
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30 June 1984 |
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April 1990 |
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28 April 1990 |
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1 July 1991 |
Last flight. |
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From 9 July 1991 to By 1993 |
To Shackleton Preservation Trust, Coventry. |
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1993 |
To Air Atlantique, Coventry. |
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Based at Air Atlantique Classic Flight, Coventry Baginton Airport, West Midlands, Warwickshire/Warks, England. |
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1994 |
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1994 |
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1994 |
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From 4 August 1994 to By 2000 |
To Atlantic Gulf Aviation, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N790WL. |
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7 September 1994 |
Ferry flight. |
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12 December 1996 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NX790WL (AVRO 696 SKTN MR MK2, WL790) issued. |
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From June 1997 to By 1999 |
Loaned to Polar Air Museum, Anoka County, MN. |
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By 13 June 1997 |
Markings Applied: WL790, 8, Mr. McHenry |
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13 June 1997 |
Ferry flight. |
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July 1999 |
Ferry flight. |
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7 April 2000 |
To Shackleton Aviation Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N790WL. |
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From By 2000 to By 2007 |
In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX. |
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From By 2004 to By 2005 |
Last flight. |
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14 July 2005 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NX790WL (AVRO 696 SKTN MR MK2, WL790) issued. |
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16 December 2007 |
Ferry flight. |
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December 2007 |
Transported by ground. Delivered to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ. |
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12 June 2010 |
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By 9 September 2011 |
Markings Applied: ROYAL AIR FORCE, 90 |
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9 September 2011 |
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1 January 2012 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NX790WL (AVRO 696 SKTN MR MK2, WL790) issued. |
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July 2014 |
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6 March 2017 |
Civil registration, N790WL, cancelled. |
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