Bristol 170 Superfreighter

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Rick

'tis getting there

Suprising what you do find out when researching.

The 170 had quite a few clever and useful features...........not just a box with wings

Garry

[coltsr2]

Hi Gary, i don't visit this site much but i love the old nostalgic British planes, I just want to say am amazed at the amount of detail and effort you are putting into what must be one of the best looking old work horses ever to fly!

I love the 170 it looks so cumbersome and 'homebuilt' yet rigid, robust and purposeful with a character that only a great British Bulldog could emulate.....Fat, stubby and wrinkly and yet proud, purposeful and iconic...ha..

Cant wait to fly her...Thanks and keep up the excellent work..............Colin.

[Garry Russell]

Thanks for that

She reminds me of a granny....not beautiful in the literal sense but lovely and comforting and very appealing. It was also very safe for it's time

There were a lot of crashes, many of them survivable for the type in general but when you remove factors like overloading, poor maintenance and bad weather along with short rough strips a different picture forms.

When the operations from proper airports are studied there were very few accidents..off hand I can only think of three UK in airline service.

Main problem for me has been research with little availiable with the Superfreighter becoming extinct 33 years ago and was never well recorded by popular means.

Even more recently surviving Mk.31 have limited use as they became so modified in later years

I'll get there

Garry

[CometFlyer]

Hi !

Not pushing, just curious: Any news on this exciting project ?

Cheers

Helmut

[Garry Russell]

It's still being worked on

The Silver City collection at Solent Sky which I was relying heavily on has moved on :-(

Appeals for help seem to get little if any response so I have to go with limited info in some areas.

There is a basic generic model not representative of any particular subvariant in beta with a tempory ficticious livery which is the nearly completed paintkit made presentalble.

Sound is still being made.





Garry

[Filonian]

Works for me Garry, keep up the good fight.

Graham

[forthbridge]

Looking Lovely Garry

[Garry Russell]

Even though that temp livery is fictional the 'class B' reg is genuine (G-AMWC)

Garry

[CometFlyer]

Looks wonderful.
Will be well worth any wait !

Cheers
Helmut

[John]

This has to be the model I've looked forward to the most ;-)

Kind regards

John