I never knew...

Post by **TSR2** » 02 Jul 2007, 22:33

Shorts built the Britannia's in Belfast :shock:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 02 Jul 2007, 22:51

I think all the RAF were built there.

They were short of work after losing the Comet 2 production that was well under way up in Belfast....Not sure if that was Short or another setup.

It was to help the un employment situation and use the highly skilled staff up there.

Garry

Post by **DelP** » 03 Jul 2007, 00:16

Hi Ben,

According to a publication that I just happened to have open in front of me, Bristol had shares in Short brothers and needed the increased production capacity to cope with expected overseas orders..in the end 30 of the 85 Britannias were built there..

..centre sections were also made by Blackburn and General Aircraft at Dumbarton..

ATB,

Derek

Post by **TSR2** » 03 Jul 2007, 00:37

Cheers for that Derek... had no idea. Wouldn't fancy getting a Brit out of Sydenham :shock:

Chris558 · Post by **Chris558** » 03 Jul 2007, 21:57

And with Short's experience of building the Brit, that's how the Belfast came to be derived from it.

Post by **TSR2** » 04 Jul 2007, 00:59

The Belfast is a beast... amazing to think she still fills a neiche in the Market... testiment to the airframe. I wonder what would have hapopened if she'd been re engined with something more modern... Hercules eat your heart out.

I remeber seeing them coming to Sydenham regularly to pick up bits for the Fokkers

Robin · Post by **Robin** » 04 Jul 2007, 01:32

These Fokkers?

Chris558 · Post by **Chris558** » 04 Jul 2007, 18:33

No, the Fokkers he's refering to are someone/something disliked!