And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
No. It's an old South African Air Force bird (See the insignia behind the fuselage hatch and the tail flash). IIRC it was one of the Maritime Patrol Bomber variants they used from WWII up into the 60s that crash landed and was written off in place during a transit flight.
Restored South African Air Force Shackleton 1716 – Pelican 16. Departed South Africa for England on July 12th, 1994 to take part in the Fairford Military Air Tattoo. Engines #3 & #4 failed forcing them down the western Sahara. https://samilhistory.com/2016/01/23/the-sad-fate-of-pelican-16/
Good documentary on the incident with real footage from the actual flight. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZBKOt0m8VWQP6Do-L7fIJp7MFoUHnmqr&si=p1nHcr-aivLfWgcI
Google maps location, https://maps.app.goo.gl/MdpJXWjp2jfVxekXA
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ReplyDeleteNo. It's an old South African Air Force bird (See the insignia behind the fuselage hatch and the tail flash). IIRC it was one of the Maritime Patrol Bomber variants they used from WWII up into the 60s that crash landed and was written off in place during a transit flight.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of "Flight of the Phoenix"
ReplyDeleteAvro Shackleton: widely referred to as "thirty thousand rivets flying in close formation"
ReplyDeleteProbably Namibian desert. Wasteland forever.
ReplyDeleteWestern Sahara, https://maps.app.goo.gl/MdpJXWjp2jfVxekXA
DeleteRestored South African Air Force Shackleton 1716 – Pelican 16. Departed South Africa for England on July 12th, 1994 to take part in the Fairford Military Air Tattoo. Engines #3 & #4 failed forcing them down the western Sahara.
ReplyDeletehttps://samilhistory.com/2016/01/23/the-sad-fate-of-pelican-16/
Good documentary on the incident with real footage from the actual flight. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZBKOt0m8VWQP6Do-L7fIJp7MFoUHnmqr&si=p1nHcr-aivLfWgcI
Google maps location, https://maps.app.goo.gl/MdpJXWjp2jfVxekXA