When I first joined the RAF I had the honour of working on the last remaning Belfast - known affectionately by us as 'The Slugs'. The last one was XR366 'ATLAS'. I got to fly on her a few times and i wonder how they ever got anywhere - SO SLOW. Very underpowered. I was rumoured that Shorts were preparing a JET prototype whch would have made the old girl superb! Never happened though.🙁
@fredtedstedman Жыл бұрын
beautiful plane !
@matthewstorey5765 Жыл бұрын
One of these old southend residents that actually survived is in Australia being restored to airworthy condition ready to work once again, almost complete so I'm hearing but it's now got a US registration
@lardyify Жыл бұрын
There’s a saying in aviation whereby an aircraft that ‘looks right’ will ‘fly right’. However, every time I see a Belfast, the horizontal stabiliser looks like it is set at a higher angle of incidence than the wing. Surely it is an illusion because having the tail stall before the wing stalls is about as undesirable as it gets. Maybe someone can enlighten me in this regard.
@michelscotto3900 Жыл бұрын
wonderful❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanks again 👍👍🙏🙏🙏
@ClassicTrialsChannel Жыл бұрын
Got to see these up close a few times, when they came to ema Airport.
@patriciaduncan21462 жыл бұрын
My Dad flew these in the RAF. He was the test pilot at Short Bros Belfast who took over the aircraft for the RAF. He conducted heat rials over Madrid.
@tectorama2 жыл бұрын
I have photos of the last on being broken up at Southend. Such a shame, but nothing is forever.
@charlesanzalone58462 жыл бұрын
still in dispair? waiting to be flown to Australia? or is is still here
@Sterlingjob2 жыл бұрын
Flown out years ago
@charlesanzalone58462 жыл бұрын
x Travolta
@charlesanzalone58462 жыл бұрын
138 b was special order for qantas
@henrys.68642 жыл бұрын
Rolls-Royce Tyne engines? Good looking airplane. I didn't know the Brits had this.
@bigtaxrefund2 жыл бұрын
i used to see it at the bombardier plant dropping off aircraft wings for the global express. the wings were built in japan by mitsubishi
@allanloiselle20522 жыл бұрын
I know those aren't RR Dart engines, but they sound a bit like them.
@antp81208 ай бұрын
RR Tynes
@rayjames60962 жыл бұрын
Obsolete heavy lift aircraft in the time of the C-141.
@albertogarciaarango24112 жыл бұрын
Wonderful plane
@petersviridov2163 жыл бұрын
Спереди булькатый.
@ianhjan3 жыл бұрын
When Liverpool EGGP built the it's new runway 27/09 the RAF flew these aircraft in to do circuits all day. I used to watch them from my primary school.
@svit.berezen3 жыл бұрын
Ukraine 🇺🇦 Antonov
@uglypeopleshollywood3 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👌
@ProjectFlashlight6123 жыл бұрын
That paint job is tight
@wrightflyer78553 жыл бұрын
I was raised in the age of propliners and never, never, ever grow tired of them.
@НастяСалтанович3 жыл бұрын
савок это концлагерь где его сделали . весь обшарпаный краска слезла
@zahermustapha83113 жыл бұрын
The power of Pratt &Whitney engines .!
@marktrescher3583 жыл бұрын
Let's hope Southend airport gets back to normal, and people realise that covid is just an excuse to stop travel and take peoples freedom away.
@МишаВовин-ж5ю3 жыл бұрын
Чебурашка лучший.было что показать в СССР
@annafraley53883 жыл бұрын
I always thought the C-2 was a neat airplane, pretty cool. 😎👍 Actually it’s pretty big for a high wing twin engine comparable to the defunct DC-5 in size.
@antixoxol813 жыл бұрын
Хорошие самолёты выпускали антоновцы, теперь тралецбусы, скоро сковородки (
@ОлегПриблуда-с4п3 жыл бұрын
Антонов и дальше проектирует и выпускает самолёты, а ан74 выпускали в Харькове.
@antixoxol813 жыл бұрын
@@ОлегПриблуда-с4п проектировать он может что угодно, но нихера он не выпускает, а ан-74 последний выпустили 6 лет назад, без бабла которое никто Украине не даст, ОКБ может только рисовать чертежи😔
@audio-tech-fil22873 жыл бұрын
@@antixoxol81 Сейчас трудные времена для Украины настали, пару лет и всё восстановится!
@antixoxol813 жыл бұрын
@@audio-tech-fil2287 пару десятков лет, возможно
@audio-tech-fil22873 жыл бұрын
@@antixoxol81 На данном этапе подписан контракт на строительство самолётов Ан-78 в Харькове с компанией "Боинг", уж не знаю зачем им эти самолёты?! Подписан контракт с Арабскими Эмиратами на строительство самолётов Ан-132 на их территории. Подписан контракт с Турцией на совместное строительство БПЛА на обеих территориях, и на строительство для Турции Ан-178. Так же есть соглашение на поставку несколько единиц самолётов Ан-178 в Казахстан и Азербайджан. Так же есть гос заказ для военных, самолётов Ан-178, количество пока не уточняется, но 3 штуки точно, возможно 5 штук, но может быть и больше, речь идёт о нескольких модификациях, то значит все 5 самолётов будут разные по назначению. Пару лет о которых я написал, это время на восстановление страны после русско-украинской войны, необходимо многое восстанавливать, но на данный момент, идёт активное вооружение армии Украины.
@romanl19753 жыл бұрын
Нет больше этого самолета😢. При взлёте попал в стаю птиц и разбился... There is no more this plane😢. On takeoff, I fell into a flock of birds and crashed ...
@antixoxol813 жыл бұрын
Жаль(
@Shamrock1003 жыл бұрын
Nice footage but why the awful music??
@MaX-un4ro4 жыл бұрын
Why they didn’t built more of this it looks much nicer than both C130 and AN12
@craigpennington12514 жыл бұрын
These are just so cool. How many aircraft can back up under its own power? Jets sure can't. cody rentzell, you're right, it does. Great video on an aircraft that should still be flying.
@dwaynejohnual12864 жыл бұрын
i like Boeing 707. ❤️
@LCMNUNES19624 жыл бұрын
BRASIL CONGRATULATIONS
@andreat.28094 жыл бұрын
I think the turbine exhaust is a little too close to the wing. Indeed, it is attached to the wing. I wouldn't feel comfortable on that plane.
@olegm.33694 жыл бұрын
This aircraft was developed and used in the Arctic Circle. It is not intended to serve passengers.
@MrTimodon3 жыл бұрын
There will not be any ice on that wing! :)
@AwesomeVillian4 жыл бұрын
это вот так, что ли золото РФ вывозили в Англию?
@SuperScratch14 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ! But who I wonder are the six who disliked this video ?
@WAL_DC-6B2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Lockheed Constellation fans.
@richardalvarado-ik9br4 жыл бұрын
Perfect embassy evac planes because can takeoff and land on a aircraft carrier and carry 30 people. Helicopters suck because they're sitting ducks to a RPG.
@yxhankun4 жыл бұрын
26 passengers only
@milokordic22304 жыл бұрын
small principal landing gear
@claudio7434 жыл бұрын
A British Cargomaster
@romeo90174 жыл бұрын
Bet the Vicar was pleased...
@ErikssonTord_24 жыл бұрын
Sadly, the plane crashed on takeoff from Sao Tomé, due to bird strike. No fatalities, but a write-off.
The big Belfasts remind me of yooful days learning to fly Chipmunks with the Queens University Air Squadron at Sydenham in the 60's - now: "George Best International Playboy Airport" or some such . One of my mates was taxiing out from our base past a Belfast parked on the Shorts' apron and failed to notice the props turning. Once behind the gigantic air chucker his little Chippie immediately weathercocked into the anthropogenic storm and left him stuck there till the Fastback test crew F'd off and allowed him to escape and RTB for a little review of proceedings so far. Happy days.
@pablopeter48214 жыл бұрын
My sincere respect for the pilots. High level of airmanship required to fly this beauty
@ralphsteenstra82614 жыл бұрын
Spend many hours in the air on this aircraft when it was operated by Pacific Western Airlines out of Vancouver BC Canada. I am very glad it found its home again in Australia and not in the scrap yard.
@tracksidequeen4 жыл бұрын
Ralph Steenstra this was the one John Travolta had
@ralphsteenstra82614 жыл бұрын
@@tracksidequeen sorry but you are wrong. The 707138B which we operated was ex Quantas. Indeed John Travolta had the same aircraft and was the last one coming off the production line.
@joelkipling25874 жыл бұрын
My dad was a loadmaster at heavylift cargo airlines , flying on the Belfast many times . As well as there CL 44 super guppy