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The Blackburn B-101 Beverley is a heavy transport aircraft produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn ... and drew upon the General Aircraft Hamilcar glider.
The number of Hamilcars that the War Office required frequently fluctuated. In May 1942 the War Office asked GAL for 360 Hamilcars to be used in two major airborne operations, but this was found to be unrealistic; not only was the production rate for the glider far too slow to accommodate this large number, the same number of tugs needed to tow the gliders could not be found.
General Aircraft GAL.56 – an experimental flying-wing glider, four built. General Aircraft GAL.58 Hamilcar X – a powered version of the Hamilcar I with 22 converted from the latter. General Aircraft GAL.60 Universal Freighter – a freight-carrying aircraft later to become the Blackburn Beverley. One prototype built.
In April 2024, the museum raised enough money to move the only surviving Blackburn Beverly to the museum from Fort Paull. [2] Seven months later, the museum received a Tornado GR1 which had been a gate guard at RAF Spadeadam .
A team of six men, nicknamed the Big Six, from No. 1 Parachute Training School was formed in 1961 at the school's base which at that time was RAF Abingdon.The Big Six were the first to jump from large military aircraft such as the Blackburn Beverley - a feat previously thought impossible on the premise that anybody trying to exit from the ramp would be sucked back by the air turbulence.
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Hendon Aerodrome was an aerodrome in London, England, that was an important centre for aviation from 1908 to 1968.. It was situated in Colindale, seven miles (11 km) north west of Charing Cross.
Brough Aerodrome (ICAO: EGNB) was a private use aerodrome located at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It is now disused with the last known flight out of the airfield occurring in 2011.