Ulster Transport Museum aircraft, 2012

12 photos of the small aviation collection at the Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, County Down. The most significant exhibit is a Short SC.1, an experimental vertical take off and landing aircaft built in nearby Belfast in 1958.

Short SC.1 XG905, Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down, 17 May 2012 1. XG905 is one of two SC.1s built by Short's to investigate vertical take off and landing. It first flew in 1958. It had no fewer than five Rolls-Royce RB108 engines. Four provided vertical thrust, and took air through the large grid behind the cockpit. The fifth engine was for normal horizontal flight. The aircraft made many flights, and successfully passed from vertical to horizontal flight at Farnborough in 1960. It crashed in 1963, killing its pilot, but was repaired and flew again. The other SC.1, XG900, is on display in the Science Museum, South Kensington, London.

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Short SC.1 XG905, Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down, 17 May 2012 1. XG905 is one of two SC.1s built by Short's to investigate vertical take off and landing. It first flew in 1958. It had no fewer than five Rolls-Royce RB108 engines. Four provided vertical thrust, and took air through the large grid behind the cockpit. The fifth engine was for normal horizontal flight. The aircraft made many flights, and successfully passed from vertical to horizontal flight at Farnborough in 1960. It crashed in 1963, killing its pilot, but was repaired and flew again. The other SC.1, XG900, is on display in the Science Museum, South Kensington, London.

Ulster Transport Museum 2012 Short SC.1 XG905