{"id":7038992,"date":"2026-07-24T10:16:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/blackburn-beverley-flying-box-transport\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:17:12","slug":"blackburn-beverley-flying-box-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/blackburn-beverley-flying-box-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Die fliegende Kiste, die alles verschluckte"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Manche Flugzeuge sind sch\u00f6n. Die Blackburn Beverley geh\u00f6rte nicht dazu. Sie sah aus wie ein Schiffscontainer, dem vier Propeller und ein Leitwerk gewachsen waren und der sich trotzdem zum Fliegen entschlossen hatte \u2013 ein klobiges, scheunenartiges Flugzeug, dessen R\u00e4der fest mit dem Rumpf verschraubt waren.<\/p>\r\n<p>Und doch liebte die RAF sie, denn die Beverley konnte eine Sache besser als fast alles andere ihrer Zeit: riesige, unhandliche Lasten auf kurze, holprige Pisten transportieren, wo vern\u00fcnftige Transportflugzeuge nichts zu suchen hatten.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"padding-top:0;margin-top:0\">Kurzinfo<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Flugzeug:<\/strong> Blackburn B-101 Beverley Schwerlastverkehr<\/li><li><strong>Operator:<\/strong> RAF Transportkommando, Mitte der 1950er bis 1967<\/li><li><strong>Motoren:<\/strong> Vier Bristol Centaurus Sternmotoren mit umgekehrter Steigung<\/li><li><strong>Kurzes Feld:<\/strong> Die Landestrecke betr\u00e4gt bei Volllast etwa 310 Yards \u2013 und das Fahrzeug k\u00f6nnte aus eigener Kraft r\u00fcckw\u00e4rtsfahren.<\/li><li><strong>Laden:<\/strong> 94 Soldaten oder sperrige Fracht durch klappbare Heckt\u00fcren<\/li><li><strong>Gebaut:<\/strong> 47 Flugzeuge; ersetzt durch die C-130 Hercules<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Anv8BTfvwIg\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Eine Schachtel mit Fl\u00fcgeln<\/h2>\r\n<p>Die Konstruktionslogik war simpel. Anstatt die Fracht in ein stromlinienf\u00f6rmiges Rohr zu quetschen, baute Blackburn einen riesigen rechteckigen Laderaum, in den Fahrzeuge direkt hineinfahren konnten, und montierte dahinter einen langen Heckausleger, der die Leitwerksfl\u00e4chen \u2013 und praktischerweise bis zu drei\u00dfig weitere Passagiere \u2013 trug. Das starre Fahrwerk wirkte zwar archaisch, war aber einfach, robust und auf einer unebenen W\u00fcstenpiste kaum zu besch\u00e4digen.<\/p>\r\n<p>Vier gro\u00dfe Bristol Centaurus Sternmotoren hoben sie in die Luft. Dank ihrer Propeller mit umgekehrter Steigung kam die Beverley in kaum 300 Metern zum Stehen und konnte sogar aus eigener Kraft r\u00fcckw\u00e4rts rollen \u2013 unbezahlbar, wenn man ein so gro\u00dfes Flugzeug auf einem festen Sandplatz ohne Wendem\u00f6glichkeit gelandet hat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1020992005  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/blackburn-beverley-preserved.jpg\" alt=\"Erhaltenes Blackburn Beverley\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Eine erhaltene Beverley. Die Ladung wurde in den Aufbau verladen; Truppen und Fallschirmj\u00e4ger fuhren im Heckausleger dar\u00fcber. Foto: Wikimedia Commons \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Unhandlich, aber unverzichtbar<\/h2>\r\n<p>In den sp\u00e4ten 1950er und 1960er Jahren leistete die Beverley die Hauptarbeit f\u00fcr die RAF \u00f6stlich des Suezkanals \u2013 sie transportierte Waffen, Fahrzeuge und Nachschub in der Region um Aden, am Golf und im Nahen Osten und setzte Fallschirmj\u00e4ger und Lasten \u00fcber Gebieten ab, die f\u00fcr leichtere Flugzeuge unerreichbar waren. Die Besatzungen sch\u00e4tzten sie auf die Art, wie man etwas H\u00e4ssliches sch\u00e4tzt, das aber stets zuverl\u00e4ssig seinen Zweck erf\u00fcllt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201cWie aus der Arche, aber es war ein hervorragender Nachschublieferant.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Luftmarschall Sir Robert Freer<\/strong> \u2014 auf der Blackburn Beverley<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1124831010  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/blackburn-beverley-side.jpg\" alt=\"Seitenansicht von Blackburn Beverley\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Die Beverley wirkte am Boden etwas unhandlich, konnte aber Lasten in Streifen transportieren, wie es mit keinem eleganteren Flugzeug m\u00f6glich war. RAF-Foto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gmU-gCsh1n0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>1967 hatte die turbopropgetriebene C-130 Hercules die langsame, durstige, kolbenmotorgetriebene Beverley \u00fcberholt, und die Flotte wurde nach kaum einem Jahrzehnt au\u00dfer Dienst gestellt. Doch diejenigen, die sie geflogen hatten, verga\u00dfen nie ganz, was sie leisten konnte.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201cZu seiner Zeit h\u00e4tte kein anderes Flugzeug seinen Platz einnehmen k\u00f6nnen.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Harry Liddell<\/strong> \u2014 ehemaliger Pilot aus Beverley, 1997<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Nur eine einzige vollst\u00e4ndig erhaltene Beverley ist heute noch erhalten, als Mahnmal daf\u00fcr, dass Eleganz im Luftverkehr nie viel bedeutet hat \u2013 aber eine ausreichend gro\u00dfe Kiste sehr wohl.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/034mPZmn6SQ\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p><em>Quellen: BAE Systems Heritage; History of War; Airborne Assault Museum (ParaData); Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">\u00c4hnliche Beitr\u00e4ge<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/catalina-ii-flugboot-pan-am-erstkunde-2026\/\">Das Flugboot Catalina erhebt sich wieder<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/embraer-anduril-barracuda-500m-c-390-palettiert-stapellauf-2026\/\">Embraer will Marschflugk\u00f6rper von einer Frachtrampe aus abfeuern.<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some aircraft are beautiful. 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