The Blackburn and General Beverley (Blackburn and General Type 65 Universal) was a British transport aircraft first flown in 1950, entering service in 1953. The Blackburn Beverley was the first British military transport aircraft designed specifically to drop bulky and heavy cargo to enter RAF service. The Blackburn Beverley Mk 1 was powered by four Bristol Hercules engines, the Mk 2 by four Bristol Centaurus 273 18-cylinder radial piston engines providing a top speed of 383 kmh and a range of 2090 km. The Blackburn and General Beverley was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of light-alloy construction that carried a flight crew of three or four and up to 122 passengers or 45000 lbs of freight in an upper fuselage and lower fuselage (tail boom) cargo bay. Research Blackburn Beverley
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