Bristol Type 170 Freighter je bilo dvomotorno propelersko tovorno/potniško letalo, ki ga je zasnoval britanski Bristol Aeroplane Company v 1940ih. Uporabljal se je tako v vojski kot v civilnem letalstvu. Tovorna verzija je imela pod nosm školjkasta vrata za lažje natovarjanje in raztovarjanje. Skupaj je bilo zgrajenih 214 letal.
Specifikacije (Freighter Mk 32) Posadka: 2 Dolžina: 73 ft 4 in (22,4 m) Razpon kril: 108 ft 0 in (32,92 m) Višina: 25 ft 0 in (7,62 m) Površina kril: 1487 ft2 (138,13 m2) Prazna teža: 29950 lb (13404 kg) Gros teža: 44000 lb (19958 kg) Motor: 2 × Bristol Hercules 734 14-valjni zvezdasti motor, 1980 KM (1,476 kW) vsak
Največja hitrost: 225 mph (362 km/h) Dolet: 820 milj (1320 km) Višina leta (servisna): 24500 ft (7470 m)
Glej tudi Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy Aviation Traders Carvair Blackburn Beverley
Reference
Bibliografija "Dealing with Some New Facts and Figures of the Bristol Freighter, Part II." Flight, 1945.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985. Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, Volume 1. London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10006-9. King, Derek A. The Bristol 170, Freighter, Wayfarer and Superfreighter. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2011. ISBN 978-0-85130-405-2.
Zunanje povezave
RNZAF Museum Freighter page Bristol Type 170 - Freighter, Wayfarer and Superfreighter versions "The Bristol Freighter" a 1944 Flight article "Freighter and Wayfarer" a 1946 Flight article Showing the Flag - The Bristol Freighter's Tour of North and South America "Bristol Freighter ... turns car freighter!" a 1948 advertisement for the Freighter in Flight LIFE photo of Bristol freighter locust sprayer in Iraq, 1959
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