Anyone shed any info on this aircraft?
EDIT: Been waiting a few days for Frank to resize this but no luck, so pic withdrawn until it can be reposted.
Type and location?!? FP Expecting answers in seconds!! ;) |
It's a Bristol 170 Freighter. Don't know the location though, possibly Lydd??
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Could be G-AMWC c/n 13128 dd 5.53 transferred to BUAF 'City of Durham' trooping as XF652
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Jack Hawkins made an oldie B&W film about being a test pilot on these and some drama happens. Can't remember what it was about, but it passed a boring rainy afternoon- I didn't realise the humour at the time of test flying something that probably flew flat out at 65 knots
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Originally Posted by Rainboe
I didn't realise the humour at the time of test flying something that probably flew flat out at 65 knots
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Known by some old (sorry, very old) Heathrow controllers as a Bristol Frightener....
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I just happen to have on my desk (as one does) a May 1969 copy of the ABC schedules guide.
The Lydd-Le Touquet peak Summer schedule was 37 daily roundtrips Friday through Monday, a bit less midweek. Plus a couple daily to Ostend and one to Deauville. I recall the short nose Bristol Freighters (much more aesthetic than the long nose car carriers) flying Newcastle - Isle of Man passenger services for Silver City. They had fantastic short-field performance. |
Originally Posted by The SSK
I just happen to have on my desk (as one does) a May 1969 copy of the ABC schedules guide.
The Lydd-Le Touquet peak Summer schedule was 37 daily roundtrips Friday through Monday, a bit less midweek. Plus a couple daily to Ostend and one to Deauville. I recall the short nose Bristol Freighters (much more aesthetic than the long nose car carriers) flying Newcastle - Isle of Man passenger services for Silver City. They had fantastic short-field performance. |
Here's a link to a pic, with some more info attached
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0873863/L/ |
Could it be one of British Air Ferries (Laker) Carvair fleet, out of Southend?
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No it couldn't because it is a Bristol 170 as described above :ugh: :ugh:
The Carvair was a nosewheel conversion of the DC4 with retractable undercarriage, and that in the photo is clearly a tail dragger with fixed gear. |
Well, it looked like a pretty fancy port-a-john with the WC in plane sight.....ok, I'll go back to JB.:D
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If it is a photo of Bistol 170 Mk 32 G-AMWC, it would appear that its last operator was BUAF as 'City of Durham' and was wfu in May 1965.
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I knew a guy who had been a flight attendant on the car ferries. Access to the flight deck was by a skeleton ladder. He used to invite young lady passengers in skirts to pop their head in the flight deck while he stood at the bottom of the ladder...
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There was still a Bristol Freighter operating into EMA every night on the Royal Mail contract during the late 1980s (along with a Heron and occasionally a Dak - one wag in a jet commented that it was getting more like 'All our Yesterdays' each time he flew in). :)
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Did a few trips in these with the old Standard Vanguard, Nov 57 Rochford-Ostend-Rochford G-APAU/V operated by SABENA, and April 61 Ferryfield-Ostend-Ferryfield G-AMWE/F operated by Silver City. Not much good on one, especially with a Standard Vanguard or two on board.
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Originally Posted by HEATHROW DIRECTOR
Known by some old (sorry, very old) Heathrow controllers as a Bristol Frightener....
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Tinpis knows a good Bristol Freightener story, I just hope he sees this thread
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Originally Posted by Regular Cappuccino
There was still a Bristol Freighter operating into EMA every night on the Royal Mail contract during the late 1980s (along with a Heron and occasionally a Dak - one wag in a jet commented that it was getting more like 'All our Yesterdays' each time he flew in). :)
RC Those days remind me of Jack Ruskin's 'Airline'. :) |
It looks like Lydd. Taken from outside of the now demolished end of the terminal building looking towards the new control tower.
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