FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1950
1950 - 1503.PDF
FLIGHT, JO August 1950 173 MIXED CARGOES At Essendon Airport (Melbourne) an A.N.A. Freighter is about to load five tons of ice cream for shipment to Hobart, Tasmania. Wool, Machinery and Easter Eggs : the Ubiquitous Bristol Freighter in Australia SINGE the day in 1945 when the first Bristol Freighteremerged from its assembly hangar to intrigue aninterested aviation world with its essentially practical if somewhat staid appearance a host of varied and unusual cargoes have passed through the gaping jaws of these "flying box cars." In many parts of the globe the Freighter has been seen going about its lawful duties in the carriage of passengers, machinery, livestock, automobiles and hundreds of other commodities; but perhaps nowhere has its capacious in- terior been exploited as fully as in Australia. In a country where air transport is considered a necessity rather than a facility the great improvements which the Freighter has made possible in the speeding-up of cargo operations repre- sent an important step in the development of Australian commerce. By virtue.of its excellent capacity/payload ratio, this aircraft has enabled very favourable freight rates to be quoted, particularly for the bulkier types of cargo. A good example of this is found in the story of Australian National A.N.A. have developed an adjustable loading ramp for handling Racehorses also find the Bristol Freighter a convenient and corn- heavy vehicles such as the Fordson Major tractor seen here, fortable method of getting to the starting gate in a hurry.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
