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1946
1946 - 1613.PDF
AUGUST 22ND, 1946 FLIGHT 181 SffCMNG load of 4J tons, the variety of purposes for which the Freighter can be used is obviously almost unlimited. With Commendable British Enterprise : The Bristol Freighterfs Tour of North- and South America BRITAIN'S aircraft manufacturersare occasionally accused, mostlyby people at home, of lacking enterprise where foreign markets are. concerned. It is to be hoped that less of this sort of criticism will be heard after the Brstol Freighter, type 170, has completed its demonstration tour through the Americas. It would be difficult to imagine a better way of bringing home to potential users in these countries the advantages which this type of aircraft can offer them. The Bristol Freighter is undoubtedly one of the most economical aircraft ever produced. In addition it has been designed with a cargo hold of such ample dimensions (a its simple fixed undercarriage and its very robust construc- minimum of 7ft 6in headroom and a width of 8ft between tion, the machine should require a minimum of upkeep, walls) that even very bulky freight can be loaded and un- while its relatively low loading should enable it to use loaded through the very large doors in the nose of the fuse- quite primitive airfields. lage. With a total cargo volume of 2,360 cu ft and a pay Before deciding to send a Freighter on this tour, the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., and Airwork, Ltd., made a very thorough market research, from which emerged the fact that the entire American continent offered excellent prospects. Economical air transport can give advantages which cannot be equalled by any other form, and there is good reason to expect that the tour will result in very substantial orders, to the benefit not only of the firms directly concerned but of the nation as a whole at a time when exports are a vital necessity if our standard of living is not to be reduced. The Route Through the Americas As for the tour itself, planned and organized by Airwork,Ltd., it covers Canada, the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South American countries.After leaving Montreal the Freighter will visit Seven Islands, Moncton, Halifax, Boston, New York, Washing-ton, Ottawa, Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Vancouver. From Vancouver the machine will fly down the westcoast of the United States, stopping for demonstrations at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and SanDiego. From there the course will be laid through Mexico, Guatemala, British Honduras, Cuba, and the West Indies. In South America the countries will be visited in thefollowing order: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. In eachcountry all the most important cities will be visited and given demonstrations. It is expected that the tour willfinish at Rio de Janeiro early in December. The tour represents a co-operative enterprise, even thecrew being drawn from several firms. Mr. "Tim" Sims, the chief pilot, is vice president of British Aeroplane En-gines, Ltd., of Montreal, and has had extensive experience of flying in Canada, the United States and South America.Mr. C. A. Richardson, in addition to being co pilot and navigator, is an expert on instrument-landing, and is withCrates being unloaded into the ample interior of the Freighter.The hold has a cargo volume of 2,360 cu. ft. i %1
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