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A friend of mine posted this pic on FB of his parents arriving at Ronaldsway IOM 60 years ago for their honeymoon. Anyone have any idea on the aircraft and airline?
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Looks like a Bristol 170 Freighter to me. Silver City Airways were an independant UK airline. They used the Freighters to transport pax and cars.

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Yep. I remember Garry modeling those stairs 😁
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Thanks chaps, his parents couldn’t even remember where they flew from but I knew the collective would come up trumps. Resistance is futile :cheers:
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Kevin Farnell wrote:
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Looks like a Bristol 170 Freighter to me. Silver City Airways were an independant UK airline. They used the Freighters to transport pax and cars.

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spot on identification

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We also flew to the IOM in June 1960 on our honeymoon. Arrived in style in a Viscount from Heathrow.

I forgot to mention to my young bride, that it was TT week.

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It is interesting, I also married in 1960, but we couldn't afford to fly anywhere :$
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Hi Geoff.
I'm fairly certain the Aircraft is a mk.21
This link shows a picture of G-AIFV, which I can't say if it is or isn't the exact Bristol freighter in your photo.
There are differences in the livery. The white lines, for instance, with-in the blue strip where Silver City is placed start only inches behind the Y . The white lines on G-AIFV start more than a foot after the Y.
And the horizontal stripes on the vertical tail are not the same..
I can't post the photo here because it is ©

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1189873

The following link shows all of the aircraft Silver City flew..
Scroll down and you'll see a list of the freighters they flew by tail number and years used.

http://saadonline.uk/archives/922.

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