The Blackburn Beverley was a heavy cantilever monoplane transport aircraft built by the Blackburn Aircraft corporation in the 1940's with its maiden flight in 1950 from Brough. The aircraft was designed for, and indeed was quite profficient at, carrying large bulk loads and landing them on rough or imperfect runways, or mere dirt strips. At the time of its entry into service it was the largest aircraft in the Royal Air Force (RAF), it had an enormous interior cargo area split into two levels which amounted to around 170 cubic meters of space. Blackburn Beverley photographed in 1964. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brough can mean: Brough may mean or refer to: Products Brough Motorcycles Brough Superior motorcycles People Arthur Brough English actor Charles Hillman Brough former governor of Arkansas John Brough former governor of Ohio Mal Brough Australian politician Peter Brough the voice of Archie Andrews Places England Brough a town in... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
In total, 49 of the aircraft were produced, with the last one being manufactured in 1958 and the final retirement from RAF service in 1967. To this date, only one of the original Beverleys have survived scrapping and was on display at the Beverley Museum of Army Transport, which as of 2003, has now closed. This last Beverley is now on display at the Fort Paull Museum just east of Hull. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...
The BlackburnBeverley was a heavy cantilever monoplane transport aircraft built by the Blackburn and General Aircraft corporation in the 1940s.
Originally designed and built by General Aircraft as the GAL.60 Universal Freighter the first was dismanatled at the Feltham, Middlesex factory and transported to Brough in Yorkshire to have its maiden flight on 1950-06-20.
To this date, only one of the original Beverleys has survived scrapping and was on display at the Beverley Museum of Army Transport, which has now closed.
Beverley was the seat of the Beverley borough in the administrative county of Humberside from 1974 to 1996.
Beverley is also home to one of the last pubs in the world to still use authentic gas lighting; The White Horse Inn (or Nellie's to the local population) is owned by the Samuel Smith Brewery company and has become synonymous with the local student population due to its low prices.
Beverley is derived from the Anglo-Saxon place-name "Beoferlic," which later became corrupted as "Beverlith," "Beverlea," "Beverlac," and "Beforlac." This name may have the literal meaning of "beaver lake," a reference to the colonies of beavers in the Hull.
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