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
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
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1964, MCB UP Limited