Planes and Choppers Photos

Planes and Choppers

No: 919 Contributor: Steve Tottle Year: 2005 Manufacturer: Short Brothers/Shorts/Short Country: United Kingdom

Shorts Belfast

The biggest purely British aircraft ever! This gorgeous example is at RAF Cosford, and really needs to be stood next to to really appreciate its size! Note how small the Tyne engines are in relation to the plane - however they are one of the most powerful turboprops for their size!

Picture added on 17 October 2006

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RAF Cosford Museum

Comments:

A great shame it never developed. I suppose the C130 saw to that.

Added by Paul Strathdee on 18 March 2010.

Sorry, but the Bristol Brabazon was by far the biggest British aircraft built. I believe that the SARO Princess flying boat would come a close second.

Added by Brian on 19 March 2010.

Belfast wingspan: 158 ft 10 in, length: 136 ft 5 in.
Brabazon wingspan: 230 ft, length: 177 ft.
Princess wingspan: 219 ft 6 in, length: 148 ft.
There you have it!

Added by Peter Langsdale on 19 March 2010.

What saw the end of the Belfast was not the C-130, but the shrinking of overseas bases/commitments. The Government assumed that a heavy-lift capability was no longer required. They didn't get it right, did they?

Added by Roger Greenaway on 22 March 2010.

The proof that our British friends had developed the concept of the A400M with forty years early.

Added by Lambert Arnaud on 30 July 2010.

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