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12-24-2004, 05:41 PM
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  | Short Belfast Can anyone get me as much info as possible on this fine English equivalent (much better, IMO) of the C-130? |
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12-24-2004, 05:58 PM
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12-24-2004, 07:41 PM
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| Belfast There were only ten of them built, all for the RAF. Never caught on with civil users, so the design went nowhere. Great looking plane, though. Four 5730-HP RR Tyne engines 352 mph 150 to 250 troops HeavyLift Cargo Airlines bought five after the RAF was done with them. |
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12-25-2004, 07:58 AM
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| wow very interesting, never heard of that one before...............
__________________  "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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12-25-2004, 08:42 AM
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| Hmm, shame it never caught on. It's a bit bigger than a Herc. |
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12-25-2004, 12:20 PM
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| bit ugly though (yes CC you did read that correctly, i did just call a british plane ugly)....................
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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12-29-2004, 05:29 PM
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| I think it looks pretty good... I prefer the Herc though  |
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12-30-2004, 09:56 AM
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 | A week before my dad arrived in Aldergrove for his service in Northern Ireland someone got cut up by the props on one of them. The British didn't need to continue with that, they just improved the C-130 by expanding it. Then Lockheed took on the idea in the C-130J, I think.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004  To those in that club. |
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01-03-2005, 06:46 AM
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| and.. how is this plane called?
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01-11-2005, 02:13 AM
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| Looks like something Ex-Soviet if you ask me
__________________ I like traffic lights, I like traffic lights, I like traffic lights, that is what I said....  |
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01-12-2005, 08:46 AM
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01-12-2005, 01:55 PM
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|  I think there been some conversation on that in another thread  |
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01-12-2005, 06:44 PM
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| My old man got famous jumping from one of those things in 1963 in Radfan - That's something you never knew of  Hot Space |
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01-12-2005, 06:50 PM
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| Your dad was a para, eh? |
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01-13-2005, 06:33 AM
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| Yep, he was in 3 Para, m8. Here's a story or two: http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Radfan/para.htm http://britains-smallwars.com/Museum/Radfan/tele.html Hot Space |
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