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Old 7th March 2008 | 12:36
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Porrohman
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Heavylift Cargo Airlines (Australia) operates the last airworthy Belfast although it's registered in the Philipines. It started life in the RAF Serial XR365 (Hector), was sold to Heavylift (UK) as G-HLFT, then after refurbishment at Prestwick a few years ago joined Heavylift Australia as 9L-LDQ. It was subsequently re-registered RP-C8020, still with Heavylift Australia. It operates ad-hoc outsize cargo charters mainly in Asia and Australasia.

If you Google "Heavylift", search !!!!!!!!!!!!!! and check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorts_Belfast you'll find more photo's and info.

There's another Belfast at Southend (G-BEPS) which was being prepared for a return to airworthiness but it's status is currently not known. There's a thread in the History and Nostalgia forum elsewhere on PPRuNe concerning this aircraft.

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