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Blackburn Beverly C1
During the second world war General Aircraft limited of Feltham produced the largest allied assault glider, the Hamilcar. The company began to see the potential of a very large transport aircraft capable of delivering very large loads into unprepared landing strips and the prototype of the Universal Freighter as it was then known first flew in 1949. Following the merger of GAL with Blackburn Aircraft development of the Beverly was continued at Brough.
The Blackburn Beverly entered RAF service in 1956. Even by modern standards the Beverly is a huge aeroplane and with its ability to lift massive loads and deliver them safely into remote airstrips the Beverly greatly enhanced the capability of the RAF's transport command. The Beverly continued to provide yoeman service until 1967 when the "Amiable Elephant" was replaced by the Lockheed Hercules.
Today only one Beverly airframe remains intact and can be seen at the Museum of Army Flying at (appropriately) Beverly in East Yorkshire.
Performance
Maximum
level speed: 238 mph
Weight: 79,230 lb's
Powerplant: Four 2.850 HP Bristol Centaurus 173 sleeve valved radial engines.
Max Load: 55,000 lb's
