We is that amazing, do you hold such a low opinion on yourself? I would think much more that it would make sense, not sence.
In any case, the Avro Shackleton AEW.2 was our main stay AEW before the failed Nimrod project, that made us buy the E-3 Sentry off the Americans. Which we, of course, improved.
The Shackleton was based off the airframe of the Avro Lincoln.