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1949
1949 - 1193.PDF
?^- - JUNE 23HD, 1-949 AIR FREIGHTING FEATS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE "BRISTOL" FREIGHTER. NO. 15 A MOINTH SAVED ... v by " Bristol" Freighter A seven-mile pier being built for an oil company in the Middle East maybe completed a month earlier than scheduled, thanks to a "Bristol" Freighter. Unable to get plant transferred from other Middle East projects, the British engineer in charge flew to England, ordered an air compressor, rock drills and other equipment direct from a British factory. Delivery by surface transport would have meant a month's delay, so a " Bristol" Freighter was chartered. On Friday, February 18th, it took off from Blackbushe with the 3! ton compressor and other apparatus "Safely lashed in the hold. By the following Monday the plant was in full operation on the fringe of the Saudi Arabian desert. A month had been saved and further proof provided of the " Bristol" Freighter's usefulness as a " carry-anything " aircraft built specifically for high-load air freighting. - The " treighter " /light which lopped a month off work nig schedules. i»liabtf>. evonomival easity-inaintained aircraft 0 T A M E COMPANY LIMITED E N G L A N
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