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Found this on Amazon.co.uk ;
On Atlas' Shoulders: RAF Transport Aircraft Projects Since 1945
by Chris Gibson (Author)
Hardcover – 31 Oct 2016
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Hikoki Publications (31 Oct. 2016)
ISBN-10: 1902109511
ISBN-13: 978-1902109510
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Artist's impression of Shorts Jet Belfast. The proposed Jet Belfast would carry two decks of palletised cargo across the Atlantic at 500 mph. A swing nose would facilitate loading and the aircraft would be powered by four Rolls Royce Conway turbofans.
Source: Flight International August 23...
Some people might take exception to putting a thread about an extant aircraft into an unbuilt sub-forum.
The reality is that the Belfast was a design with tremendous undeveloped potential - a point that will be demonstrated by the 17,000km ferry flight of one of the last two airworthy examples...
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