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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 1770.PDF
OCTOBER 9TH, I947 AIR FREIGHTING FEATS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE "BRISTOL" FREIGHTER-NO. r The "BRISTOL" FREIGHTER . a military equipment transport Until the " Bristol" Freighter gave an unrehearsed demonstration in a mock airborne attack staged outside Toronto, the aircraft was almost unknown to Canadian Army authorities. This brief display of the " Freighter's " abilities resulted in a week's suspension of the "Freighter's" scheduled 41,000 mile demon- stration tour whilst officials put the aircraft through the most rigorous military tests they could devise. For the whole week, the " Freighter" embarked and disgorged load after load of varied equipment—trucks, armoured vehicles, field guns, anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns such as the Bofors shown above. Loading and unloading operations were timed to the split second —everything analysed, recorded, discussed. From these trials, the " Freighter " emerged completely successful, giving practical proof that in the field of air-freighting, whether civil or military, the " Bristol" Freighter is without an equal as an aircraft designed and built specifically for high-load air-freighting. T B B BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY I M I T E Printed in Great Britain for the Proprietors. FLIOHT PUBLISHING COMPA.N* LIMITED, Dorset House, Stamiord Street, London, 8-JS.l, t>y TUB CORNWALL PRESS LTD., i-d, Paris Uaroen, HJHUUU, S.MFliKbt can be obialned abroad from thft fr>iiowinp • ATTOTII*TT- -H«I wi.-«r <7»i. ..^. <••—J^_ t n_i-». T*J T .. » •*» .»'. , , « « - . . -- ~ ^.*-.n i.ui
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