Blackburn Beverley, 47 Sqn 1964

[huge72]

I know this is a long shot but does anybody out there know the aircraft serial of the 47 Sqn Beverley 'U' around about July 1964. I flew in it, whilst on Scout Camp at Youlbury near Oxford. We had a days visit to Abingdon and they got us all airborne. My first ever flight which led to 55 years in Blue uniform and 10500 hrs.

[NutLoose]

XB288 see the linky :) Photographed 65

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1696896


And her demise

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1164228

[huge72]

Very many thanks Nutty., I knew someone would know of a way. Huge

[Prangster]

Watching one of the Orange Mob's jets scuttling along Birmingham's decidedly bumpy runway in adverse weather reminded me of an incident with a Bev at RR Hucknall in the mid 1960's. Now, Hucknall 26/08 had a nasty colliery inspired dip in the middle of the runway. If standing at the 26 end when smaller aircraft landed they could completely vanish into the cavern created by such active mining subsidence, the mining issue was so bad that Hucknall lost out to Castle Donnington as the soon to be East Midlands Airport.

Come the annual RAFA sponsored air display which seemed to follow an almost fixed programme year on year we were a bit blase about the Beverley as all it ever did was 'demonstrate a tactical short landing followed by a short circumspect chunter backwards' always with a crew member sticking his head out of a hatch.

For some reason this particular year the short tactical landing was bit further up the runway than usual with our mighty flying furniture wagon coming to rest about an aircrafts length beyond ye mighty dip.
Come the short chunter backwards all goes a little bit pear shaped with the 'outside crew' member swivelling his head like a marionette to find out why the furniture van is going backwards at near warp speed as it slides into the dip!

Luckily no harm done, the brakes worked and much revving of engines hauled the beast onto a level runway for the no doubt sigh of relief departure

[Big Pistons Forever]

XB288 see the linky :) Photographed 65

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1696896


And her demise

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1164228


Boy PPRUNE is really slipping. You ask a pretty obscure question and it takes SIX whole minutes to get your answer :ooh:

Nice work Nutty, it is amazing the depth and breadth pf knowledge on this site :ok:

[Cornish Jack]

Luckily no harm done, the brakes worked and much revving of engines hauled the beast onto a level runway for the no doubt sigh of relief departure

Brakes would have been avoided ... an early 'event' at Dishforth demonstrated that using them in reverse was 'unwise' ! Forgetting to set the prop interruptor switches to landing could spoil your day !

[chevvron]

After a trip in XB287 at Abingdon on 20 Aug 67 (my last ever Beverley flight) the loady briefed myself and 3 other senior cadets to leap out as the aircraft came to a halt (we had been told to stay downstairs for landing whereas all the other cadets and adults were in the tailboom) and put chocks in front and back of the mainwheels before the engines were shut down; apparently there was no parking brake; not sure if it was just that aircraft or all of them.
Next time I saw a Beverley was the sad sight of 3 of them on the dump at Bicester in about 1969.