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Thank you Kevin and Don for stopping by.
Here is some information when the Belfast was the state of the art. It had a rather short career with the RAF. Nevertheless, it soldiered on as in the private sector. Ironically the RAF had to charter it to deliver equipment to the Falklands and the Iraq wars. Budget savings?
There is conflicting information about its payload. It has been mentioned that it could carry a Chieftain MBT (55 long tons), but the payload quoted has been 80,000 lb. If the case of the MBT is true it would be closer in class to the C-17 rather than the A400M. If the later is correct it would be a little bit shy of the 81,600 lb. of the Atlas. Any comments?
In any case, it is a majestic aircraft!
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