Ok. Another guess the pic.
Posted by: Tony Lockhart on 25 March 2013
What, where and why:
A wild guess at the first 2 - An Aeroplane, in a field?
Camouflage target practice?
Tony,
Not a plane expert, so no idea what or where. But as for the why, it looks like the plane that has been used in some films / video, such as the plane that disintegrates in the bond movie, or a video for HP computers along the same vein.
Look forward to reading the guesses though
Paul
Just another thought, could it be on a current airfield and used for fire training?
Well it's a Shackleton
The light is not UK light I think. Looks like Egypt or similar?
Is it Pelican 16?
Looks like it......Africa wasn't too far off If correct. G
Looks like the remains of Shackleton MR.3 XF700 at Nicosia.
George wins I think...
Images on flickr suggest you may be correct on the what and where.
What about the why?
I can't claim it Tony because I have no idea of your reason 'why' it is of interest.
An almost retired RAF Shackleton MR.3 (XF700) was flown to Nicosia in the early 1970s for use as a fire dump trainer.
She was parked ready for training use when the Turkish invasion occurred.
Its tail sections have fallen off and a tree is growing through her.
Info, but no real reason "why"
I'll ask one of my mates who flew Lightnings and was based in Cyprus for a while in the early 70's if he knows "why"
Cheers
Don
Well done again Tony, an enjoyable diversion for the evening !
Looks like the cars in my garage !
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It is quite interesting using it to search for other users of your own images
much more fun if you just try and think of an answer rather than the google cheat !
that being said, i did not know you could do an image search in google, thanks for the tip
I won my bet