This is the SARO Mk3 airborne lifeboat pictured in South Africa in the early 1950s.
I think this is the one with the Vincent engine. They did not last long as a new
idea called the Lindholme system, using containers strung together on a long rope
was found to work better. They dropped from a Shackleton aircraft.
This boat is I believe in the SAAF museum in Pretoria. John.
I think this is the one with the Vincent engine. They did not last long as a new
idea called the Lindholme system, using containers strung together on a long rope
was found to work better. They dropped from a Shackleton aircraft.
This boat is I believe in the SAAF museum in Pretoria. John.