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1949
1949 - 1097.PDF
W\--~ -- JUNE 9TH. 1949 AIR FREIGHTING FEATS MADE. POSSIBLE BY THE "BRISTOL" FREIGHTER. NO. 1 71 SUCCOURING "AIH-LIFT" CASUALTIES ... by "Bristol9* Freighter Interrupting its scheduled operations on the Berlin air-lift, a " Bristol" Freighter was recalled from the German Capital to undertake the special job of carrying fuselage replacements for a Flight-Refuelling Lancastrian which had broken its back. A standard fuselage section measuring 20ft o,in x 8ft x 5ft 6in was carried in the Freighter "from Tarrant Rushton to Wunsdorf, Germany. This example demonstrates the exceptional capacity of the Freighter hold ... a factor making air-transportation possible for many high-density cargoes which could not be carried, economically, by any other aircraft. *— 2O-9 Showing the section of the fuselage which needed replacing. Disposition of the action in the Freighter's bold. vvinumiivnl vastly-maintained airerat ..a: .-11 JS a. D. 1. _£..T .a I. APROPI. ANR COMPANY LIMITED E N G L A
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