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Royal Air Force 2000

Avro Shackleton AEW Mk 2

One of the best cockpit panels and the separate panels are ideal for display on a separate monitor, with almost no effect on frame rate.

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" The AEW versions are converted aircraft from the original MR2 versions, 12 were converted and the first delivered in 1971 to RAF Lossiemouth and haved served constantly with no 8 sqn throughout their history.

The conversion involved the addition of the AN/APS-/20 search radar under the nose which came from the Fairey/Westland Gannets which were being withdrawn at the time. Crew consists of 4 flying crew and 6-8 operators. "

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Length: 92 feet 6 ins.
Wing span: 119 feet 10 ins.
Weight: E/L 64,300/100,000 lbs
Power: 4 x 2,455 h.p. RR Griffon 57A
Designer: Chris Lampard / Michael Davies
Date: 20th March 1999/12th Jan 2000

Feature	Implemented?	Comments
Full 2D cockpit	Y	Shift 1
"Landing view"	N
Virtual cockpit	Y	Usable. Built for Microsoft Flight Simulator 98.
Live gauges?	N
HUD view	N
Separate panels	y	Shift 2
Radio VOR and ADF	y	Shift 3
Engine controls	Shift 4
Primary Instruments	y	SHIFT + 5 - Zoom panel with larger Primary Instruments

These snaps were taken in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 over Hawaii.