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.


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    Title :

    Belfast Flight Testing


    Subtitle :

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



    Publication date :

    1964-02-01


    Size :

    2 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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