Bristol Freighter 31 of Dan-Air operating a cargo service at Manchester Airport in 1964.
Role
Cargo aircraft
Type of aircraft
National origin
United Kingdom
Manufacturer
Bristol Aeroplane Company
First flight
2 December 1945
Introduction
1946
Status
Retired
Primary user
Silver City Airways
Produced
1945–1958
Number built
214[1]
Variants
Bristol Superfreighter
The Bristol Type 170 Freighter is a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner. Its best known use was as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively short distances. A passenger-only version was also produced, known as the Wayfarer.
The Freighter was developed during the Second World War, having attracted official attention from the British Air Ministry, which sought the development of a rugged vehicle capable of carrying various cargoes, including a 3-ton truck. Various changes to the design were made to accommodate their requirements, but being completed too late to participate in the conflict, the majority of sales of the Freighter were to commercial operators. In response to customer demand, an enlarged version to maximise vehicle-carrying capacity, known as the Bristol Superfreighter, was developed.
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Johannesburg in late 1946. The following year, Silver City leased its first BristolFreighter, moved its base to Blackbushe and participated in the airlift of Hindu...
and 737 engines for such as the Handley Page Hastings C1 and C3 and BristolFreighter. The design was also licensed for production in France by SNECMA....
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1983. The main aircraft type that the company operated was the Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk.31. The first two examples were delivered in mid-1951. The...
flight by RNZAF flying boats was on 22 March 1967. For many years BristolFreighter aircraft served the islands, a slow and noisy freight aircraft converted...
cars, gas turbines and ramjet motors. The Bristol Britannia (Whispering Giant) airliner and BristolFreighter were produced. In 1948, 501 Squadron was...
increasingly inadequate Bristol 170 Freighter, the car ferry airlines' mainstay since the late 1940s. The BristolFreighter's main drawback was its limited...
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Aviation Traders, won a contract from Bristol Aircraft to manufacture wing centre sections for BristolFreighters. Between the beginning of 1952 and the...
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near Exhall, Warwickshire. 6 May – G-AIFF a BristolFreighter on a test flight from Filton Airport, Bristol, Somerset, crashed into the sea off Portland...
disaster occurred on 27 February 1958, when the Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS, operated by Manx Airlines on a charter flight from the Isle...
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in support of anti-guerrilla forces, this time using the BristolFreighter. BristolFreighter serial NZ5901 crashed in the Cameron Highlands during supply...
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