Hello all.
My first proper post on the forum, apart from my introduction.
On the post quoted above, There has been a longer Shackleton flight than the 24 hr 21 minute one.
Down in South Africa, over the 24th and 26th of July 1970, Chris Lombard, with Captain Hoon flew Shackleton 1721 for 26 hours 15 minutes, as part of Operation Mortgage.
Which is staggering.
Lombard also flew a 21 hour mission from South Africa to Madagascar and back, a 16 hour weather mission in the Geophysical Year (1957/1958) and another 16 hour mission to Marion Island in the 1960's .