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The Bristol Type 170 Superfreighter Mk 32 was a larger, stretched version of the Bristol Freighter designed for Silver City Airways for use on the short air ferry routes to France.

Type 170 Series 32 Superfreighter
A Bristol Superfreighter of Silver City Airways at Southampton Airport in 1954
Role Cargo aircraft
Passenger aircraft
Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company
First flight 16 January 1953
Introduction 1953
Status Retired
Primary user Silver City Airways
British United Air Ferries
British United Airways
Developed from Bristol Freighter

Production and operation


The first Superfreighters, with a longer - 42 ft 3 in (12.88 m) - hold than the earlier Mark 31, were delivered to Silver City Airways in spring 1953 and were used on cross-channel services to Europe. One example was converted to a 60-seat all-passenger "Super Wayfarer".[1]

The Mark 32 could carry 20 passengers instead of 12 in the smaller Mark 31 Freighter, and three cars instead of two in its air ferry role.[2]

The Superfreighter was distinguishable from the earlier Freighter by having a longer nose, in which the extra car was carried, and a fin fillet as well as rounded wingtips.

A British United Air Ferries Superfreighter appears in the 1966 comedy film That Riviera Touch as the means by which Morecambe and Wise travel abroad with their car. The aircraft also appears in the 1965 film "Hysteria".


Operators



Specifications (Freighter Mk 32)


A British United Air Ferries Superfreighter in 1966
A British United Air Ferries Superfreighter in 1966

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1953–54[3]

General characteristics

Performance


References


  1. Jackson, A. J. (1973). British Civil Aviation since 1919 Volume 1 (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. pp. 252–259. ISBN 978-0-370-10006-7.
  2. Windsor, H.H. Jr. (September 1954). "British Air Ferry takes automobiles across the English Channel". Popular Mechanics. Vol. 102, no. 3. Hearst Magazines. p. 94.
  3. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1953). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1953–54. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. pp. 55–57.
  4. Barnes, C.H. (1964). Bristol Aircraft since 1910 (1st ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 330–343.
  5. "UIUC Airfoil Data Site". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

Further reading





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Le Bristol Type 170 Superfreighter Mk 32 est une version plus grande et plus large du Bristol Freighter conçue pour Silver City Airways pour les liaisons par ferry aérien court à destination de la France[2].

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Bristol Type 170 Superfreighter был модернизированной версией Bristol Freighter. Но назначался для транспортного и пассажирского перелета. Был изготовлен и использован компанией Silver City Airways для коротких паромных перелетов во Францию[1].



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