Blackburn Beverley Uploaded

**mjahn** · May 24th, 2020, 07:08

Just added to the library: two FSX/P3D Beverleys (130 MB):

The Blackburn Beverley was a four-engined, medium-range high-capacity transport. Its first flight took place in June 1953 and a total of forty- seven aircraft were built. The Beverley had an outstanding ability for packing and dropping heavy loads of up to 22 tons and, aided by powerful propeller reversing and a sturdy fixed undercarriage, it was able to land and take off at very small and makeshift airstrips. Employed on a wide variety of military and humanitarian missions, for the ten years of its active service life it was the R.A.F.'s proverbial no-nonsense workhorse. To date, only one Beverley survives as a museum piece (whose fate hangs in the balance). The model comes with an ILS and GCA-capable VC, variable intensity cockpit lighting, and propeller reversing. Two textures are included, XB261 representing a fictional reincarnation of the third production aircraft, and XM109 as painted in the 'Middle East' camouflage scheme of the final batch. Models and textures by Manfred Jahn, flight dynamics by Wayne Tudor, and soundset by Ted Wolfgang.

***wombat666*** · May 24th, 2020, 07:55

All those rivets flying in such close formation!

Very impressive work gentleman.

**Bunkiester** · May 24th, 2020, 08:03

Can't wait to try her out!

Thank you so much for all the work you've put into this, it's very, very much appreciated!

Mark

**DaveWG** · May 24th, 2020, 08:50

Thank you Manfred and team. Been looking forward to this one.

***marijn*** · May 24th, 2020, 10:17

Whoow! she is looking impressive!
thanks a lot for another fine aircraft

**hairyspin** · May 24th, 2020, 10:25

Originally Posted by wombat666

All those rivets flying in such close formation!

Very impressive work gentleman.

I (just) remember seeing one of these doing the reverse-up-the-runway trick. Four Bristol Centaurus radials, so it burned quite a bit of petrol along with the oil.

Great stuff Manfred and team!

**Manschy** · May 24th, 2020, 11:05

So happy that you masters of freeware aircraft addons do these fantastic jobs on non-mainstream-aircraft!!!! The Beverly was often seen at RAF Gutersloh those days, what a fat bird....thank you for this great surprise!

**tommieboy** · May 24th, 2020, 15:32

NICE!

Don't have much time for simming today, but I did manage to take her up for a few laps and a look-see.

Thanks so much to all of those who were / are involve in publishing this aircraft. Very much appreciated!

Tommy

***srgalahad*** · May 24th, 2020, 16:33

I have an affinity for large, sometimes-cumbersome, ponderous cargo aircraft so I've been looking forward to Beverly making her entrance. I'm not disappointed! She's loud, brash and a bit of a handful, but treated right she does an admirable job.

I realize that times were a bit tough in the 1950's in Britain in general and the RAF in particular, but I have to wonder if they might have carried austerity a bit too far when I discovered that the crew were not given even a modicum of comfort in a cockpit without seats... I see a VC_seat.dds in the common folder but there appears to be nothing to wrap it around... hmmm. No problem, I'll just scarf a couple of chairs from the Officers' Mess.

***jankees*** · May 28th, 2020, 11:44

Still wip, but getting there:

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***jankees*** · May 27th, 2020, 11:50

wow, it's big!

***nagpaw*** · May 27th, 2020, 12:40

I found this thread the other day...

https://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.p...iends_in_the_M

What a wonderful series of photos! The shot of the camel and the Bev together is classic, although it's hard to tell which is which

Jankees, hopefully you'll apply your brushes to her soon!

***jankees*** · May 30th, 2020, 23:32

is there room in your hangar for another Beverley, XH123 of 47 Sqn ?

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I ask, because it is such a huge bird..

**BendyFlyer** · May 31st, 2020, 02:26

JK certainly is room in mine for another Bev. I have parked all the tubeliners in the desert hangar and gone back to pistons. Have not even started to have fun with this one into weird and wacky places, short and rough strips etc.