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 ...56 FLIGHT
1918 1958
MAID-OF-ALL-WORK: de HaviUandD.H.9a (1918-1931)
SKY QUEEN: de Havilland Comet (1956-
BRISTOL-ENGINED TROOPER: Blackburn Beverley (1956
BRISTOL-ENGINED TROOPER: Vickers Valentia(...
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 ...lackburn Beverley C.l (four Bristol Centaurus).
Military
Aircraft
1954
TRANSPORTS
Under this heading will be reviewed—or previewed—some
developments and projects of weighty significance, not to...
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 ... June 1956 751
Loading demonstration of a Blackburn Beverley C.I. A Fairchild C-119 drops a 105 mm howitzer.
Loading a Max Holste Broussard on a Nord 2510 Noratlas. Attaching a 4.Sin rocket launcher to a Sikorsky HRS.
A tanker laden
with jet ...
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 ...ts successors are likely
to become the R.A.F.'s last manned bomber-killers. The
newest development to date—the P. IB—was first illustrated
in Flight last week. Breasting the air waves in echelon, the
Blackburn Beverley C.ls (below) are on the strength of No.
47 Squadron, R.A.F. Transport Command. These massive
freighter/troopers have opened up new tactical possibilities...
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INFORMAL
Warm clothes and vacuum flask for
these passengers boarding a Larkin Air
Services DH.50 at Melbourne in the
19205.
Number ten in a series of twelve.
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Flight Minicolour No 30: Blackburn Beverley C.i XB261 during its last flight, from the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment,
Boscombe Down, to join the Historic Aircraft Museum at Southend Airport, Essex, in 1971...
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 ...FLIGHT, 31 August 1956
British
Aircraft
1916
IN this year 1956—the year of the 17th S.B.A.C. Display—the Fairey F.D.2 has
brought home the air speed record; the D.H. Comet has won through to join the
...
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 ...SHOWPIECES
Upper left, root cuffs on the blades of a D.H. airscrew on one of the Scottish
Aviation Twin Pioneers. Above, demonstration-load of the Blackburn
Beverley. Left the new anhedral tail surfac...
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 ... version of the B-36) is the Douglas^ C-124 Globemaster. At upper left one of these monsters is
taking aboard the main hull section of a Piasecki H-21 helicopter.
Britain's nearest counterpart is the Blackburn Beverley C.I, a
specimen of which is seen, with its delivery crew, in the second
picture, having crossed the Atlantic for winterization tests by the
R.C.A.F.
The assembly at lower left is ce...
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 ...Flight'' photograph
LARGE, LONG AND NEW: (Above) This view
of the Centaurus-powered Blackburn Beverley
in R.A.F. markings was taken near
Farnborougb from a C-119 Packet. Large
spinners are fitted. Vickers-Armstrongs' new
Pathfinder Valiant (centre) is finished in
mirror-like blo...
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 ...in charge of experimental flying at
Farnborough. The same pilots are likely to be manning these
deltas at the S.B.A.C. Display.
Being Made Ready for Farnborough, as seen in the photograph,
is the Blackburn Beverley C.l. This intimate glimpse of the
giant's toilet was secured from the Pest Control helicopter
which followed Lord Noel Buxton during his walk across the
River Humber.
Seamew A.S...
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 ... launching site; and modelsof Blue Streak.
Then on the airfield he inspected a static display of some of theR.A.F.'s new and incoming aircraft—the second A.W. Argosy;
an English Electric Lightning; a Blackburn Beverley C.I of No. 53Sqn., loaded with a jeep and with six paratroopers in their full
battle equipment; an Avro Shackleton M.R.3 of No. 201 Sqn.;a Gloster Javelin FAW.7 from No. 1 G.W.D.S. ...
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 ...704-705 FLIGHT, 29 May 1953
THE QUEEN'S
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FIGHTERS...
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 ...e) Rear-loading arrangements on the
Nord 2501 Noratlas. (Right) A Bell H-13 helicopter stowed on the upper deck of a Boeing C-97.
(Below, left) A plastic pipe-making unit is a possible load for ihe Blackburn Beverley. (Centre) A Bell H-13 helicopter comes
aboard a Douglas C-124C. (Right) The pressurized cabin of the Boeing C-97 is a welcome amenity in casualty evacuation work. 1 ••'. •
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KEY TO PHOTOGRAPHS,
PAGES tS«-SS3
t McDonnell F2H Banshee naval fighter (foreground)
flight-refuelling from Convair R3Y Tradewind
tanker flying-boat
2 Douglas A3D Skyworrior naval bomber
3 Blackburn Beverley C.1 military freighter
4 de Havilland D.H.110 naval all-weather fighter
5 S.E.5000 Baroudeur trolley-launched, skid-landing,
attack aircraft
4 Hawker Hunter T.7 transonic trainer
7 ...
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 ...d flying boat evaluated by the
USN(2pts)
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What is/were the Boeing 717 and Boeing
2707? (2pts)
Which Swiss project provided the wing for
which successful business aircraft? (lpt)
What did the Blackburn Beverley and
Hawker Sea Fury have in common? (lpt)
b Name the two aircraft types nearest the camera, and what is the connection? (2pts)
FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 24 December 1997 - 6 January 1...
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 ...system of the United Kingdom—under the command of Air
Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle, A.O.C-in-C. Fighter Command—
against all forms of air attack.
SUPPORT FOR THE BEVERLEY
ARGUMENTS for the use of the Blackburn Beverley for the k transport of North Australian cattle were recently put for
ward in an article appearing in Queensland Country Life. "It
would be unfortunate for the welfare of Australia...
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 ... into squadron service; one station at least
is now being equipped to accept production aircraft. A Vulcanis shortly to go to Australia to participate in the R.A.A.F. Com-
memoration Week ceremonies.
Blackburn Beverley C.I (XB 289). A striking display of theBeverley's ability to carry large numbers of troops is made when
100 men, all carrying rifles, enter the aircraft through the loadinghatch in ...
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 ...F., and in what role will they
be used?" An official reply takes the form of this statement, issuedto Flight last week by the Air Ministry:
"The first Transport Command squadron of the RAF. to flythe Blackburn Beverley will begin forming towards the end of this
year. In operational use the Beverley will be the basic tool of themodern theatre transport support force, but it will not be required
to ...
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 ...portion of them have been flying instructors.
During our visit No. 46 laid on a most con-vincing demonstration of the Javelin's capabi-
lities. Five aircraft were lined up at dispersaltogether with a Blackburn Beverley of No. 47
Sqn. which, with die rear-loading doors re-moved, served as an excellent platform for our
air-to-air photographs. Four Javelins took offin pairs, led by S/L. J. L. W. Towl...
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 ...Set of nine—45p)
Fairey Albacore
Fairey Barracuda
Fairey Firefly and A.S.5
Fairey Gannet
Fairey Seafox
Fairey Swordfish
Hawker Osprey
Hawker Sea Fury
Transports
(Set of four—20p)
BAC VC10
Blackburn Beverley
Handley Page Hastings
Vickers Vernon
FLIGHTCOLOURS
(9in x 7in air-to-air)
(illustrated above)
First World War
(Set of eleven—£1-10)
First World War
Avro 504K
Bristol Fight...
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