| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | WL790 |
| Military Code: | 90 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 696/716 Shackleton |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 696/716 Shackleton |
| Aircraft Version: | Avro 696 Shackleton AEW2 |
| C/n (msn): | [ WL790 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
| Photo Date: | 11 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 818878 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the RAF 7 Aug 1953 as a Shackleton MR.2, converted to Shackleton AEW.2 in Sep 1972. Performed the last flight of a Shackleton in RAF service on 23 Jan 1991, then transferred to the Shackleton Preservation Trust later that year. Registered to Atlantic Gulf Aviation Inc. as N790WL on 4 Aug 1994, and departed Conventry for the USA on 7 Sep 1994. Withdrawn from use by 2003 and stored at Midland, TX. Flown from there to Tucson, AZ on 16 Dec 2007 on delivery to the Pima museum - marking the last Shackleton flight anywhere in the world. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 June 2025, and has since been viewed 50 times. |