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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 0664.PDF
fijCHT 6 APRIL 1951 V V A long, cool load for the FREIGHTER 24 ft. long refrigerator. •. Use of the "Bristol" Type 170 FreigKtfij say A.NJt. freight experts, has taken air cargo from the luxury field into that ofqjjjtjjnght transport utility. Australian manufacturers have learned that the Freighter can, in the words of A.N.A., "handle almost any cargo offered". More and more general freight is being entrusted to air transport, like this 24 ft. refrigerator flown from Melbourne to Launceston, Tasmania—the longest load yet carried. A.N.A.'s freight returns for 19jo show a total of over 30,000 tons carried—an increase of 34 per cent on 1949, due largely to the "Bristol" Freighter. One third of A.N.A.'s revenue is now drawn from air cargo work and the proportion is steadily rising. THE AEROPLANE COMPANY LIMITED E N G L A
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