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Old 13th Jan 2018, 09:50
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DaveReidUK
 
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At the risk of stating the obvious, the Belfast was touted at the time as the RAF's new strategic freighter (as distinct from the C-130, whose role was tactical).

So I'd be surprised if an airdropping capability was ever contemplated at any stage.

The C-133, similarly, wasn't designed for airdropping (though NASA took the doors off theirs and chucked dummy Apollo capsules out to test their recovery parachutes).
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