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A "Flying Shoebox" taking off from Abingdon Airfield
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A "Flying Shoebox" taking off from Abingdon Airfield
1975 ad for the Airfix model kit of the Short Skyvan. Manufactured in Northern Ireland like all those other icons of the transport world (the RMS Titanic, the DMC DeLorean, the Shorland Armoured Car...can't think of anymore just at the minute).
The Skyvan had multiple uses, both commercially and in the military, and it led to the development of the Short 330 (and later the Short 360).
The Skyvan is shown above in the livery of Olympic Air/Olympic Airways, a Greek airline. You can just about make out the company logo on the twin tail. It shows six interlocking rings - they couldn't use the Olympic Games logo of five rings as it had been copyrighted.
look at this fucking. thing
Short SC.7 Skyvan Srs2-200 G-AVGO cnSH1837. Built in 1967. In Belfast. Short haul freighter
A "Flying Shoebox" turning final into Lake Hood
Short SC.7 Skyvan
Shorts SC7 Skyvan Srs 3-200-19 CF-NAS cnSH1872. Built in 1969. Reg G-AXMO. At Frobisher Bay NW Territory ca1973