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.;)

yes it is with Heavylift Australia Pty. I believe its registered 9G-LCA. Flys charters & specialist missions. There are no others in service, this is the only one.

I have it in my mind that the Belfast is registered 9L-LDQ but I might be wrong.

I think 9G-LCA was/is the CL-44 Guppy parked at BOH.

JW411 - yep you are right, my error. LCA is the Guppy. SORRY ALL..
Heavylift Australia is a small fleet with a B727F as well.

And expecting to get a DC-10.
http://heavyliftcargo.com/

Futhermore the long term stored Belfast at Southend is gradually taking shape with three engines in place. Work though is piecemeal with no work witnessed recently. Maybe this will fly one day?

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.

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!

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.

I hang my head in shame, apologies :oh: I didn't read that far down

I hope when it retires it can be brought back to the land of its Birth at least 1 in Northern Ireland would be nice.

Would you like a Shed 360 also?

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

Presumably the conversion from military use to civil use, what would that involve?

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.