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Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:47 pm
by lemoncat
big fat and dumpy but i like it :) :)
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Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:05 pm
by Omag 2.0
That is one serious ugly plane man!  ;D You gotta love it...

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:47 pm
by jordonj
So...where did you find it (that one site in Czeck I bet...)

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:17 pm
by Ben_M_K
Man thats ugly! :P

I love it! ;D ;)

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:23 pm
by jordonj
Some of us are facinated with ugly planes the way some NASCAR fans are facinated with the crashes...

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:35 pm
by Fozzer
The ideal freight plane to bring home your week-end Sainsbury's food shopping...!
...and the new settee, double bed, Missus new wardrobe of clothes, shoes, etc...!
The new BMW 7 Series car...you wish...!
LOL...!

Cheers all... ;D...!

Paul.

P.S. Nice plane tho'....Bristol Centaurus motors, I wonder...?

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:17 pm
by lemoncat
the uglier and more outragous the better :)
you can pick it up at avsim jordonj..

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:29 pm
by Craig.
I think they have one of those at cosford on display outside. we also had something simmilar at wallop one time

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:43 pm
by jordonj
That was the first place I looked...nothing came up under a search...

???

Might you know the filename?

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:32 pm
by sir_crashalot
Download it from Mike Stone's website. It's there.

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:44 am
by d0mokun
I think they have one of those at cosford on display outside. we also had something simmilar at wallop one time



close but no cigar, that one is an AW Argosy. Same as the one we have at the aeropark. Another is at Coventry museum.

dano

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:22 am
by Hagar
Hehe. This brings back some memories. Saw them regularly at Shoreham when I worked there in the 60s. They were operated on the Channel Islands & France routes by Channel Airways.

Bristol Centaurus motors, I wonder...?

Close Foz. Bristol Hercules. http://www.oldprops.f9.co.uk/B170.htm

Nice shots as always Lemoncat. You have a knack for finding interesting types. ;)

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:25 am
by ATI_7500
I wonder what the designers have taken when they were sitting at their drawing boards back in the 60s.  :o

I want some of that stuff...;D

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:52 pm
by FLYING_TRUCKER
Nice Pete...very nice :)

What ever country they operated in they were certainly a work horse.

Still a few flying with some bush operators up north and I would think Alaska as well.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Re: Bristol 170 Freighter...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:57 pm
by d0mokun
i thought the final one stopped flying last month? thats what aircraft illustrated's article stated anyhoo .. ???