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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 1704.PDF
AUGUST 29TH, 1946 -' "•"* Af ristol Freighter 2336O cu. ft. for 4i tons cargo load .... An average volume/weight ratio for general merchandise is 120 cu. ft. per ton, so that with a cargo hold capacity of 2,360 cu. ft. the Freighter has stowage capacity—on a cubic basis—for almost 20 tons of merchandise. The optimum disposable load of the Freighter is 4! tons which—even if absorbing only 55% of the available stowage space—indicates that the aircraft is able to carry many of the lighter-weighted classes of. merchandise which, hitherto, have been considered uneconomic propositions for air freighting. Trials have now been completed; specification finalised and deliveries of both Freighter and Wayfarer (passenger) arc novv being made. the ir or Id's most eeon am i eat cargo aircraft THE T O O P L. A N E C O M P* LIMIT Printed in Great Britain for the Proprietors, FLIGHT ruBUsmsu OOMPAKY LMITBD, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, 8.E.1, by THECOKKWALL PBESS LTD. 1-8, Pari. GMden, London, S.E('•FUght " canbe obtained abroad f»m the iollowine : AFSTRAUA and NEW ZEAUTO : Gordon & Gotdi Ltd. IKD.A : A. H. Wheeler 4 Co. CANADA: Impmal New. Co.. Gorton * Bo^h Lt «",,™Vi,R,n»- Oentral New. Arencv Ltd Wm Dawaon « Sons (S.A.), Ltd. USIIED STATES : The International News Co. Entered as Second Classat the New^ork,L.8.A.. Post Office.
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