Belfast Down Under ?
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Nottingham, UK
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According to the CAA website the aircraft is now owned by TRANSPACIFIC PTY LTD of New South Wales and has had it's UK registration cancelled. Last I heard the aircraft was still parked up at Prestwick.
Join Date: Apr 2002
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I have heard from a reliable source that the Belfasts future is far from certain not least because the only qualified flight examiner recently passed on.
It has been bought to transport sheep around Australasia, not the most dignified of retirements so perhaps a scrapping at prestwick may even be preferable.
It has been bought to transport sheep around Australasia, not the most dignified of retirements so perhaps a scrapping at prestwick may even be preferable.
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I flew into PIK on the 16th and the Belfast was still parked outside Polar's hangar and didn't look like she had been receiving any attention. I hope they sort out the maintenance issues soon so she can return to the air.
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Looking at the B & W of the RAF Belfast I am struck by the crudity of the plumbing from the IFR probe. My local British Gas bloke could do a neater job than that.
