Belfasts at Marshall's early 70s
Belfasts at Marshall's early 70s
A quick nostalgia trip for those of us that like that sort of thing - what I suspect may be previously unseen pics of XR362 and XR366 at Marshall's Cambridge in (probably) the early-mid 70s. Click on image to see full size. Taken by a Marshall's employee and now owned by his son, and shared here with permission. In the case of 366, an object lesson in fitting something into a space not designed to take it...
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I once collected a Valiant from Marshalls in 1963 after a radio mod. We were warned the runway was a bit short by the crew that took it in. It must have been a noticeable landing because it had been there a month and the brakes were still warm.
Incredibly, for us, narrow taxiway and we needed the assistant of the nav radar and AEO to keep all the wheels on the concrete on the final turn onto the runway. We were very light but we still needed to raise the undercarriage to get some ground separation.
Incredibly, for us, narrow taxiway and we needed the assistant of the nav radar and AEO to keep all the wheels on the concrete on the final turn onto the runway. We were very light but we still needed to raise the undercarriage to get some ground separation.
I believe those strakes under the rear fuselage, added post-build due to drag issues, added something like 40kt to maximum speed. Things must have been fairly spectacular beforehand.
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Haraka wrote:
Indeed it was! We came back from King Rock 69 in one - proper seats in the cavernous cargo bay and lots of space. After strapping in at (I think) Wildenrath, the next thing I remember was the rear doors opening at Brize. Best sleep I'd had for a fortnight!
Whereas travelling in a Herc was invariably dreadful as pax.
as a passenger infinitely more comfortable to fly in than a Herc.
Whereas travelling in a Herc was invariably dreadful as pax.
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There is a thread in the PPRuNe Forums > Misc. Forums > Aviation History and Nostalgia > Short Belfast-why? which shows a Belfast in the hangar with a strange contraption which lifts the nosewheel off the ground. The point was that the tail was too tall to get in the hangar doors, so they lifted the nose (which lowered the tail) and dragged the aircraft in and out of the hangar. Typical British ingenuity when the sensible option was to make the hangar doors taller.
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There is a thread in the PPRuNe Forums > Misc. Forums > Aviation History and Nostalgia > Short Belfast-why? which shows a Belfast in the hangar with a strange contraption which lifts the nosewheel off the ground. The point was that the tail was too tall to get in the hangar doors, so they lifted the nose (which lowered the tail) and dragged the aircraft in and out of the hangar. Typical British ingenuity when the sensible option was to make the hangar doors taller.
There is a thread in the PPRuNe Forums > Misc. Forums > Aviation History and Nostalgia > Short Belfast-why? which shows a Belfast in the hangar with a strange contraption which lifts the nosewheel off the ground. The point was that the tail was too tall to get in the hangar doors, so they lifted the nose (which lowered the tail) and dragged the aircraft in and out of the hangar. Typical British ingenuity when the sensible option was to make the hangar doors taller.
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"so they lifted the nose (which lowered the tail) and dragged the aircraft in and out of the hangar. Typical British ingenuity when the sensible option was to make the hangar doors taller."
Nothing new there - That is what used to happen with the Beverly.
Aaron.
"so they lifted the nose (which lowered the tail) and dragged the aircraft in and out of the hangar. Typical British ingenuity when the sensible option was to make the hangar doors taller."
Nothing new there - That is what used to happen with the Beverly.
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Sorry, finally broken....
hangar: a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
Hangar: any relatively large structure used for housing airplanes or airships.
Grumpy Me
hangar: a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
Hangar: any relatively large structure used for housing airplanes or airships.
Grumpy Me
