The Blackburn Beverly - postwar RAF transport stalwart.
Posted by Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 27 comments
The big, bulbous but stangely beautiful Blackburn Beverly. Only one remaining (just).
tribat@reddit
I honestly thought this was a still from a Wes Anderson movie.
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rockdoc01@reddit
C124-C119 love child
Busy_Outlandishness5@reddit
To put it in context, the Beverly appeared at about the same time the C-130 Hercules did. And some say the mother of the last C-130 pilot probably hasn't been born yet....
GrafZeppelin127@reddit
The C-130 is amazingly performant compared to the Beverley. The Beverley cruised at barely over half the speed, had barely over half the range, and about two-thirds the payload capacity at normal range.
SergeantPancakes@reddit
Well, that’s what having half the horsepower and fixed landing gear will do to you…
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
The Beverley had its roots in the WW2 era. There were so many clunky things about it that it was never going to have longevity. However - and surprisingly for a (non-Buccaneer or Firecrest) Blackburn - it has a stately charm, like an old windjammer in full sail.
Atholthedestroyer@reddit
With that style of twin tail and the fixed gear, if someone had said it had started it's design life as a biplane I'd halfway believe them.
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
It’s a Blackburn, what would you expect. However, it’s high on my list of Blackburns (perhaps not difficult to achieve).
Dabelgianguy@reddit
The brits never fail to amaze me when it’s about ugly planes. Only matched by the French interwar planes
propsie@reddit
French postwar planes weren't exactly runway models either
Kruse@reddit
It's almost as if they went out of their way to make things goofy or odd looking.
astolfo_with_breast@reddit
when you want the C130 but youre broke as fuck
trainboy6669@reddit
Where I'm volunteering they have the only full example. It's at the solway aviation museum in Cumbria.
Gusfoo@reddit
Been there, saw it, loved what you're doing. It's a wonderful programme the whole thing.
Boss-Think@reddit
Thanks for volunteering, its such an awesome museum.
Brutal_Deluxe_@reddit
Careful when you step out of the bog.
Fenriss_Wolf@reddit
Was there an actual purpose for keeping the cabin/cockpit area white, even when the rest of the plane was in camo? Seems like an "aim here" kind of giveaway, even for 1950's technology...
Aviator779@reddit
It was an intended to keep the cockpit cool.
Fenriss_Wolf@reddit
That makes sense. Very basic, but in relation to the rest of the aircraft, I'm sure every little bit helped
zoinkability@reddit
That is the decoy cockpit, the real one was in the belly. They painted it white to make the enemy gunners shoot at it, much like how lizards and insects attract predator attention to their tails rather than their heads.
RugbyEdd@reddit
The shape reminds me of early helicopters
Ornery_Year_9870@reddit
Blackburn..... And this entered service in 1955. The Lockheed C-130 entered service in 1956.
History_Buff_07@reddit
Hadley page hampden squared
cummingonyourdick@reddit
It looks like a flying shoebox that someone forgot to take the landing gear off of.
GeneralQuinky@reddit
Nice, that second pic is probably the only remotely flattering angle of a Beverly I've seen.
I guess it's like old royalty, they look way better in paintings
Deep-Country1034@reddit
A very common sight in the UK when I was a boy