Another WTF Momment.... by debbielove
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As is the way here in sunny Britain, our illustrious 'leaders' whoever they claim to be, decide the best way to give themselves a pay rise is to cut the Military Budget.
Here is one such moment, you are looking at the vastness of an Short Belfast, from two stories up, even then it won't fit!
Thinking we won't need these to move things like TANKS, they sold them off to 'Heavy Lift' who snapped their hands off and could not believe their luck. Here was an aircraft bigger than a Hercules, could carry more, lift more. So they sold these, and bought Hercules (nothing at all wrong with that very fine aircraft no worries).
BUT, along comes the Falkland's War, and guess what? Yep, they hire them back from 'Heavy Lift' because we have no HEAVY LIFT!
This is the last Belfast intact I believe, and certainly the only in a museum. It is inside The Cold War Museum, Cosford. Under the nose is a Pave Low Helicopter....honest!
And as a side note and prove that we do this so very often, we had a moke up of Jet STOL Tactical Transport in the early 1950's, the moke up here as well.. Sad huh?
Rob
P.S. Guesses taken on the brown job....
Comments (9)
Faemike55
no guesses here! Great capture and interesting information
tallpindo
My POV at Heavy lift began with a view of the CX-HLS tall walls in Building 13 at Douglas aircraft. The Manager of Operations Analysis wanted that contract so bad he could taste it even though his back ground was Fire Control. The same area contained my subcontractor personnel from Bendix on a modification of a KC-135. He lost his. I won mine. Commercial V/STOL heated up with the Northwest Corridor Study (in the US.) Rolls-Royce was seen as the primary experts in high thrust to weight lift engines as well as lift fans. Don't you just love the Whisper jets? So much for that initiative. Movin' right along, the C-5 Galaxy happens or doesn't depending how you see a wooden mockup. In 1978 it needs new wings. The YC-15 has happened and I was there with the program manager with his 450SEL Mercedes with the STOL personal plate. But alas I am more the combat guy than the cargo guy and 1973 was a peace treaty. Whoopee! 1981 and I have a place in the sun for an engine for an AMST (YC-15 going to C-17) and 463L pallets and belly cargo containers are all the rage for airplanes with no visor nose or rear ramp. Then 1998 and the loadmaster at Selfridge sets me straight. ANG wants the C-130J. Six bladed propellers and not so long. Would you believe a Spanish engine bigger version from Airbus? Meanwhile Antonov has made a six big fan heavy lifter for oil field gear and such. Logistics, shhhh! It's not Warrior. A new steam powered LST is going to be our way to go. Diego Garcia will be the warehouse.
Tamarrion
Trying to find logic in decisions made by politicians is an express trip to madness! Back in the 90's the gov't here in Canada formed a special disaster assistance team (DART). The unit requires heavy-lift to get anywhere... but no such aircraft were purchased! So for years we were hiring Ukrainian AN-124's.It was only after a change in government, and us sending troops to Afghanistan that we finally bought C-17s.
The bird in the desert scheme looks like a Twin Pioneer?
Buffalo1
Good view of this Belfast. I have given up on politicians since their only concern is being re-elected,
goodoleboy
Great collection of angles.
T.Rex
Just HOW did you get up in the rafters? This is amazing photography! I'm reading book 2 of William Manchester's book "The Last Lion", about Churchill during 1930 to 1938. It makes me feel SO frustrated how he was treated and how the appeasers sold out England, almost inviting Hitler to invade! And betrayals of the French and other countries. All for a few votes from idiots who didn't want to see what was going on on the continent! And fake news about Nazi rearmament and annexations. Manipulative news media serving the appeasers. The same disarmament nonsense is being perpetrated today. A fine "tradition" of secret treason, from the day the Dreadnought was launched (then it was anti-battleships, too expensive!) to today. All the GOOD equipment, chuck it! So maddening!
My rat-ing - 6 hopping mad rats!
jayfar
A fantastic shot Rob and I share your views on the so called politicians !!
bmac62
Neat POV Rob. The lower plane with the camo paint job is unknown to me but it looks like it is sporting two big WWII vintage radial engines. What is it?
flavia49
great