J31/32
December 7, 2005 at 3:41 pm

Bristol 170 for sale?

Bristol 170 C-GYQS is for sale according to posts on the classic-propliners yahoo groups. Don’t know how true this is but it has sparked a lot of interest on the threads.

Don’t know if anyone can add anything.

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By: Consul - 7th December 2005 at 18:37

I went over to Canada to have alook at this machine at Wetaskiwin in July this year. She has certainly been run up since being grounded and still appears in good condition. I thought you may like to see one of my photographs of her. The Reynolds Museum (which as well as their storage and restoration facilities I’ve visited several times) does a magnificent job preserving very rare airframes and deserve credit for offering her a home so far. I’ve seen some of the reported reasons explaining why she’s for sale. As I’m not in a position to verify the facts I won’t repeat them here but it is reported on one forum that the museum is being given first refusal.

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 7th December 2005 at 16:29

me too David -there was a piece in Aeroplane about this wasnt there a couple of months ago?

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By: J31/32 - 7th December 2005 at 16:09

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Classic-Propliners

Thats all I can give. They mention no links. Sorry. It is in a museum though.

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By: David Burke - 7th December 2005 at 15:44

I thought she had been retired to a museum -care to give a link to the site?