Is the Belfast still going?
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Is the Belfast still going?
Does anyone know if the last surviving(to my knowledge) Shorts Belfast is still operating? Last I knew, it left EGPK for OZ or thereabouts, perhaps a couple of years ago, there was a short thread posted on that occasion and I was just interested in an update.
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From: Germany
And expecting to get a DC-10.
http://heavyliftcargo.com/
http://heavyliftcargo.com/
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Originally Posted by Newforest
And expecting to get a DC-10.
http://heavyliftcargo.com/
http://heavyliftcargo.com/
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Originally Posted by fantaman
I can't see where it says they're getting a DC-10? It says that they stepped in when a UN DC-10 went tech.
• the Shorts SC-5 Belfast, a titan among cargo freighters, purpose-designed for the RAF as a reliable, high-capacity freighter,
• the legendary 727-51C freighter, one of the most successful aircraft ever built with an almost unrivalled reputation for reliability,
• and shortly, the stalwart DC10 freighter with a payload capacity over 130cu.m and a range well over 6000km at better than 500kts.
Sorry, can't read it any other way!
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Hey guys,
The Heavylift have there aircraft based in Cairns. Something about Brisbane costing to much I think. They have 2 727's and the Belfast hear. The 727's are out but the Belfast is still hear. It comes and goes quite alot. Very nice aircraft.
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Hope it helps.
The Heavylift have there aircraft based in Cairns. Something about Brisbane costing to much I think. They have 2 727's and the Belfast hear. The 727's are out but the Belfast is still hear. It comes and goes quite alot. Very nice aircraft.
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Hope it helps.
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From: UK
Originally Posted by Newforest
HeavyLift, headquartered in Sydney with the fleet based in Brisbane, brings to Australia:
• the Shorts SC-5 Belfast, a titan among cargo freighters, purpose-designed for the RAF as a reliable, high-capacity freighter,
• the legendary 727-51C freighter, one of the most successful aircraft ever built with an almost unrivalled reputation for reliability,
• and shortly, the stalwart DC10 freighter with a payload capacity over 130cu.m and a range well over 6000km at better than 500kts.
Sorry, can't read it any other way!
• the Shorts SC-5 Belfast, a titan among cargo freighters, purpose-designed for the RAF as a reliable, high-capacity freighter,
• the legendary 727-51C freighter, one of the most successful aircraft ever built with an almost unrivalled reputation for reliability,
• and shortly, the stalwart DC10 freighter with a payload capacity over 130cu.m and a range well over 6000km at better than 500kts.
Sorry, can't read it any other way!
I didn't read that far down
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From: Sunny Side Up :)
Coops;
Glad to here the Belfast otherwise known as the BelSlow is alive and well still. I used to work on these at the time they were being converted in the early 1980`s with Heavylift. Great plane.
Jamie
Glad to here the Belfast otherwise known as the BelSlow is alive and well still. I used to work on these at the time they were being converted in the early 1980`s with Heavylift. Great plane.
Jamie
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Originally Posted by Jamie-Southend
I used to work on these at the time they were being converted in the early 1980`s with Heavylift. Great plane.
Jamie
Jamie
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From: Sunny Side Up :)
It was a while ago and i was only involved in the Avoinics side and just a Trainee at the time, but there was some upgrade of most of the Avionics, but most noticable was the removal of the huge in flight re-fueling probe which used to be fixed to the top of the fuselage.
