Developed originally
from the Hamilcar glider by General Aircraft,
the aircraft first flew in 1950 as the General Aircraft Universal
Freighter. An 80% re-design resulted in the Beverley, now under
the auspices of Blackburn Aircraft after they merged with General
Aircraft, and in this form it first flew in 1953.
In the end only the RAF
operated the aircraft, and forty-seven
entered service between 1955 and 1958. However the aircraft was
used extensively by the RAF during its service, it's massive cargo
capacity and ability to operate from rough unprepared strips
making it a very versatile if somewhat slow aircraft.
The arrival of the Lockheed
Hercules in 1967 spelled the end of the
Beverleys usefulness and they were rapidly withdrawn from service.
Three examples survived in museums, but by 2002 these had been
whittled down to one and even that had an uncertain future.
The CD includes the
RAF flight manual (titled Pilot's Notes) for the
Beverley C Mk 1, has been scanned from the original manual and
retains any colour pages.
This CD contains:
RAF Pilot's Notes for
the Beverley C.1, AP 4512-PN dated April 1961
(with later revisons), approx 223 pages. (This manual has many more
illustrations than the typical RAF Pilot's Notes.)
| CD TITLE | BEVERLEY |
| PRICE | US$19.95 plus postage |
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