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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 0442.PDF
"*-• APRIL 1ST, I948 AIR FREIGHTING FEATS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE "BRISTOL" FREIGHTER-NO. Coach tours... by "Bristol39 Freighter Ten ten-passenger tourist coaches delivered by " Bristol" Freightei from Melbourne to Tasmania . . . this feat, accomplished by the demonstration-touring aircraft " Merchant Venturer," has been described as " one of the largest and most ambitious air-freighting projects ever undertaken." The whole job was successfully com- pleted ahead of schedule in a series of twice-daily flights. On each trip the Freighter took off from Melbourne carrying one 22 ft. long coach weighing 6,000 lbs. together with 1,000 lbs. of equip- ment, and returned from Tasmania with approx. 7,000 lbs. of miscellaneous freight. This further example of Freighter versatility proves the claim that the Freighter is capable of carrying, econo- mically, freight loads that no other aircraft could accommodate. The ten - passenger marh fits snu« Krri«htrr"> hold liable, economical easily-maintained aircraft THE BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY LIMITED EN G LAND
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