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By: 29th September 2014 at 07:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thanks for those. Good to see she is still well cared for!
Rob
By: 29th September 2014 at 08:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Is she a flyer ?
By: 29th September 2014 at 11:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I certainly hope so! In all-white, the Belslow is just crying out to be named Moby Dick, isn't it?
Adrian
By: 29th September 2014 at 14:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Tyres look a little "square" on the bottoms! I don't think she's moved an inch for quite some time...
By: 29th September 2014 at 15:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thanks for sharing Geoff. Would love to see her resurected. My entire Belfast live experince is about 8 seconds long. I caught one on short final while driving near an airport in Ohio, USA (think it was Cleveland), late 90's. Mrs. Sandiego89 was not as impressed and said I should focus on the road.
By: 29th September 2014 at 18:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I do hope she finds her way back to Britain one day, even if it seems unlikely. Nice though it is to have a Belfast under cover at Cosford, it would be good to have another one to admire. If only some enterprising cargo company in the UK would take her on :)
By: 29th September 2014 at 22:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Do we know how many are left around the world ?
By: 30th September 2014 at 05:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes - 2.
There were only 10 built - here are their names and fates:
Samson - RAF Serial XR362 (used registration G-ASKE for overseas test flight), sold as G-BEPE then scrapped
Goliath - RAF Serial XR363, sold as G-OHCA then scrapped
Pallas - RAF Serial XR364, sold as scrap to Rolls-Royce who recovered the Tyne engines
Hector - RAF Serial XR365, sold as G-HLFT then as 9L-LDQ operating with HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, now RP-C8020 (see images above)
Atlas - RAF Serial XR366, sold to RR for engines
Heracles - RAF Serial XR367 - sold as G-BFYU then scrapped
Theseus - RAF Serial XR368, sold as G-BEPS then in storage at Southend Airport - Began being broken up 22/Oct/2008
Spartacus - RAF Serial XR369, sold as G-BEPL then scrapped
Ajax - RAF Serial XR370, sold to RR for engines
Enceladus - RAF Serial XR371, preserved as an exhibit at RAF Museum Cosford
By: 30th September 2014 at 06:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-When I saw her...probably five months ago...they had work stands up, paying attention to the port outboard engine.
The cargo ramp was down as well.
By: 30th September 2014 at 08:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I wonder what RR have done with the engines ?
By: 30th September 2014 at 09:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Presumably it was years ago that they recovered the engines. Was there a market for Tyne aero engines at that time? Aren't there also a lot of Tyne industrial / marine engines around? (as to your actual question - I don't know).
By: 16th October 2014 at 18:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Breguet Atlantic and Transall c-160 both use Tynes.
M
By: 16th October 2014 at 22:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The Vanguard and Belfast used Tynes of a similar kind and spares were interchangeable
The Tynes of the Atlantique, CL-44 and Transall are of a different kind and are no use spares wise for the above two types.
By: 17th October 2014 at 07:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-So swap the complete engine then.
By: 27th February 2017 at 11:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-And then there was one....
I received news today that Short SC-5 Belfast C1, XR365, [G-HLFT, RP-C8020] is to be cut up at Cairns airport tomorrow, 28-2-17
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Moggy
By: 27th February 2017 at 12:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-...or put another way, a 10% survival rate. Better than some (to try and put a positive spin on a cr@ppy piece of news).
By: 27th February 2017 at 13:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sad news, but inevitable in a way. And she's had a good run I'd say.
By: 27th February 2017 at 13:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes it's very sad news indeed. I was genuinely concerned for its future beyond its service career even when it left these shores as a flyer many years ago.
In my opinion we should never be down to a single example of any aircraft type in preservation, it's just too risky, but as I'm not in a position to effectively alter that (as regards the Belfast anyway) then I have to be grateful for the one example that we do have!
Rob
By: 27th February 2017 at 13:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-In my opinion we should never be down to a single example of any aircraft type in preservation, it's just too risky,
Well, it all comes down to having enough money I suppose.
But indeed, there are genuine risks.
For example, see this photo page of the victims of the 1990 Le Bourget Dugny museum storage area fire:
http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/incendie_des_reserves_17_mai_1990pag.html
By: 27th February 2017 at 14:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-There you go if its not an american type no interest in saving it.
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By: bearoutwest - 29th September 2014 at 06:39 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
Short Belfast - photographed at Cairns Airport (North Queensland, Australia) a week ago - 23 Sep 2014. Still intact, and with auxiliary power supplied.
Regards,
...geoff