Bristol 170 c/n 13160

It might be timely to mention that a brand new book on the Bristol Freighter is about to be published by Air-Britain, to which I have supplied many photos. It should be ‘the Bristol Freighter bible’ and something to look out for! 😉

Thanks to Glen Reid, who has provided a photograph of this airframe. Possibly the most obscure of Safe-Air’s many Bristol Freighters.

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The Bristol Freighter is indeed a design development from the pre-war Bristol Bombay Bomber/Transport, an idea that didnt really catch on.

Interestingly the dimensions are encouragingly similar but not identical, (obviously height is a function of both undercarriage and nose length in this case):

Span Length Height Wing Area
Freighter 32.9M 21.1M 6.6M 130.5 SQM
Bombay 29.7M 21.1M 5.9M 124 SQM

Other than the wing, little else (fuselage/tail) appear in anyway similar and the wing centre section may need work on the narcelles to suit the Pegasus engine installations if two could be found to fit in the first place.

Even the wing appears to have undergone significant changes to appear more inspired by the Beaufort wing than the Bombay in terms of the outer panel profiles?

There are 12 complete Freighters existing in the world with none surviving in its country of origin the UK, a better focus would be to fill that void than to create a replica of a type that is only really remembered as the pre-war bomber that the Freighter was based upon?

Regards

Mark Pilkington

…the wing structure of the Bristol Bombay was used in the Bristol Freighter.

Can we ressurect a Bombay?

You know, I’ve read about that too, and had exactly the same idea!

I suppose it depends if the wing structure was used or the structure of the wing.

…but with two spars instead of five.

From this I’d say the detailed structure may have similarities but the size/shape could be considerably different.

Sorry, can’t help with any photos of G-18-152 / ZK-CRL

Sorry, no answer to your question but I read in Graham Warner’s book about the Blenheim dat the wingstructure of the Bristol Bombay was used in the
Bristol Freighter but with two spars instead of five.
Any info on this?
Can we ressurect a Bombay?

Cees

lovely idea 🙂

Roger Smith

Sorry, no answer to your question but I read in Graham Warner’s book about the Blenheim dat the wingstructure of the Bristol Bombay was used in the
Bristol Freighter but with two spars instead of five.
Any info on this?
Can we ressurect a Bombay?

Cees