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Belfast Flight Testing: A Brief Account of the Maiden Flight of the First Short Belfast C.Mk.l and Details of the Five Main Variants

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 February 1964

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Abstract

ON the morning of January 5, despite misty and overcast conditions, the Short Brothers and Harland Belfast C.Mk.l strategic freighter made its maiden flight from Sydenham airfield, Belfast. Taking off at 11.20 a.m., the aircraft (XR 362) was airborne for 55 minutes before landing as scheduled at Aldergrove civil airport, Northern Ireland.

Citation

(1964), "Belfast Flight Testing: A Brief Account of the Maiden Flight of the First Short Belfast C.Mk.l and Details of the Five Main Variants", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 46-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033836

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1964, MCB UP Limited

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