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Produced Variants
GAL.60 Universal Freighter Mk.1
Six crew heavy transport to Specification C.3/46 to meet the requirements of
OR.161. Rounded fuselage, single nosewheel and large single wheel main landing gear units. Four 2,020 h.p. Bristol Hercules
powerplants.
GAL.65 Universal Freighter Mk.2
(B.100) Second prototype
with squarer fuselage, enlarged tailboom, larger vertically-hinged cargo doors. Double nosewheel and 4-wheel bogie main
undercarriage units. Four 2,840 h.p. Bristol Centaurus 171 powerplants.
B.101 Beverley C.Mk.1
Production aircraft. 2,850 h.p. Bristol Centaurus
173 powerplants.
Projected Variants
(none)
Civil
version of B.101 for cross-channel car ferry role. Two decks of cars plus passengers in tail boom.
(none)
Civil version of B.101 with Napier Nomads powerplants.
Blackburn Beverley Stage 1
As Beverley C.Mk.1 fitted with four 3,150 h.p. Bristol Centaurus
373 powerplants.
Blackburn Beverley Stage
2
As Beverley
C.Mk.1 fitted with four 3,765 h.p. Napier Eland 4 turboprops.
Blackburn Beverley Stage 3
Beverley fitted withretractable undercarriage and new rear fuselage Four Napier Eland 5 or Rolls-Royce
Tyne turboprops.
B.107
Development of B.101 Stage 3, retaining Beverley wing and tail but with completely new rounded fuselage with
a larger unobstructed freight hold. Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop powerplants. Accomodation for 75 paras or 108 troops.
B.107A
As
B-107 but with main loading doors in the nose, rear doors for para-dropping only and relocated flight deck
1 aircraft
ordered from General Aircraft Ltd., Feltham, Middlesex, to contract
6/Acft/5852, with final erection at Brough. First flew on 20 June 1950.
WF320
1000
GAL.60
1
G-AMUX
1 aircraft
ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract 6/Acft/7561. First flew 14 June 1953.
WZ889
1001
GAL.65/B.100
1
20
aircraft ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire,
to contract 6/Acft/8631. Delivered between March 1955 and October 1956.
XB259 - XB260
1002-1003
B.101
2
Temporary civil registrations G-AOAI and
G-AOEK. (C/ns allocated after civil
cert & registration)
XB261 - XB269
9
XB283 - XB291
9
27
aircraft ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire,
to contract 6/Acft/11153. Delivered between November 1956 and May 1957.
