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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th May 2014, 10:03

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Short Belfast-why?

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Posted By Proplinerman

Red Four: thanks for posting link to the Belslow...

Red Four: thanks for posting link to the Belslow videos at Southend. They look great on a quick initial glance-and I've saved them as a Favourite on You Tube to view at my leisure shortly.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Apr 2013, 09:19

Replies: 215

Short Belfast-why?

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Posted By Proplinerman

Belfast on ILS approach to Manchester in November 1973

I've very recently unearthed a distant shot of a Belfast (XR371) coming in on what I'm pretty sure was the second of two practice ILS approaches to Manchester in November 1973-photo caption explains...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Apr 2012, 17:50

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Short Belfast-why?

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Posted By Proplinerman

More on the engines and performance of the...

More on the engines and performance of the Belfast versus the Cargomaster: the C-133, again according to my Ian Allan "Military aircraft of the world," 1973 edition, had four 7500 shp engines (P and...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Apr 2012, 10:14

Replies: 215

Short Belfast-why?

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Posted By Proplinerman

Thanks for all the replies. I'd love to hear...

Thanks for all the replies. I'd love to hear further Belfast stories, so please keep them coming. Sad that the one in Oz is no longer flying.

"Four Vanguard engines on an aircraft the size of the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Apr 2012, 14:51

Replies: 215

Short Belfast-why?

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Posted By Proplinerman

Thanks very much for this comprehensive reply...

Thanks very much for this comprehensive reply ICM. But it must still have been incredibly expensive, to develop a virtually brand new aircraft (apart from, I understand, some of the Britannia wing...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Apr 2012, 09:15

Replies: 215

Short Belfast-why?

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Posted By Proplinerman

Short Belfast-why?

Can anyone please tell me why Short and the RAF went to what must have been tremendous expenditure and effort to produce an aircraft which had a production run of a mere ten? It was a good...

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