I am advised that the C-47 formerly VH-SPY has been sighted today on a private property at Edmonton south of Cairns. The aircraft is currently stored in the open inside a fenced enclosure. Wings and props are not fitted. The new owner's name is unknown.
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Belfast in Cairns
Hi all,
I worked on an item for my Page 49 - Photos by Friends and Guests on Shorts SC.5 Belfast RP-C8020 at Cairns based on No Cookies | The Cairns Post and posts on various forums (KeyPublishing, PPRune, Scramble) Hope for the latest on this humongous bird... Uupdates or add'l info appreciated |
It’s been moved and turned around. Doors are open and ladders up to the fuselage. I saw pix of it recently surrounded by water after the rain last week or so..
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Yep, saw that . Great to see 'something' might be happening.... to save it,???... by flying it somewhere else.???
hate to think the big bird would just be scrapped. |
Originally Posted by buzzz.lightyear
(Post 10109813)
It’s been moved and turned around. Doors are open and ladders up to the fuselage. I saw pix of it recently surrounded by water after the rain last week or so..
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... by flying it somewhere else.??? |
It would be a very brave pair who would fly that thing again. Tootle pip!! |
Why would you want to dump it in the tide ?? , sh*ttybits.
Its a magnificent piece of aeronautical engineering and seriously uncommon/rare. On the verge of extinction ?..is this the last of the breed ? Would great if it only got to be parked at YMBA... great starting block for the NQ Aviation Heritage Centre..!! A small museum could be INSIDE !! |
I realised it would be most irresponsible, that's why I looked again.
As to the rest, well, a magnificent piece of UKish how not to aeronautically engineer and thankfully rare. Guess the Port Authority wish it were even rarer.... |
Engine runs? For the Belfast, or for another application?
Short Belfast Under Resurrection in Australia? |
A phone pic I took last tuesday. The old girl's not looking too shabby.
https://www.pprune.org/members/17014...ts-belfast.jpg |
Phone pic?
New safety criteria? Surely not. Always thought it was the things you couldn't see that would hurt you... |
Has there been much movement on this plane? Has someone actually paid the parking fees? I wonder if they are going to fly it out like they did the 737-200 out of Perth to Jandakot one early Sunday morning.
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Originally Posted by theozguru
(Post 10163666)
Has there been much movement on this plane? Has someone actually paid the parking fees? I wonder if they are going to fly it out like they did the 737-200 out of Perth to Jandakot one early Sunday morning.
The 727-200 that sat with it a few years ago was chopped up for scrap. Parking fees on the Belfast would be in the millions, at a guess, after all these years. Also it has been re-painted from the white to a military-like light grey. It must have some value,- being a one off. |
Probably one of the pollies from that not-so-squeaky-clean country a little further North that like to spend all their down time in Cairns, have 'sold' it to their Defence Force.....
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Also it has been re-painted from the white to a military-like light grey. It must have some value,- being a one off. |
Originally Posted by mattyj
(Post 10164266)
are you sure it’s grey paint? From a distance, bird doo, burned rubber residue, dust and burned jet fuel residue have a similar appearance
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Major article in the cns 'Weekend Post' re the imminent demise of 'Hector' the last Belfast not in captivity, atho a paroled prisoner.
Anyone know what was the 'legal issue' with the Airstapo that grounded it.? Not that the local environment is doing it much good. Would make a great specimen for the newly minted FNQ Aviation Museum, 10 minutes away. HARS reckons its not relevant to Oz. So what ? its a rare bird, pulls in the spotters and tourists, and once gone ...never to be seen again. Unless you want a holiday in the UK |
So sad.
Tootle pip!! |
Haven’t been to CNS in a while...
It is now 2 months on from this reported “imminent” demise of Hector, can anyone please report on the situation now? |
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