Bristol Freighter

E569718

civil transport aircraft military transport aircraft transport aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Bristol Freighter was a British twin-engine, propeller-driven transport aircraft notable for its boxy fuselage, clamshell nose doors, and use in both military and civilian cargo and car-ferry operations after World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bristol Type 170 Freighter	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil transport aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration	high‑wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftFamily	Bristol Type 170 NERFINISHED ⓘ
capacity	bulk cargo ⓘ cars and passengers ⓘ
cargoAccess	front‑loading via nose doors ⓘ
construction	all‑metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	2 ⓘ 3 ⓘ
designedFor	operation from rough airstrips ⓘ short‑haul freight operations ⓘ
engineType	piston engine ⓘ
era	post‑World War II aircraft ⓘ
firstFlight	1945 ⓘ
fuselageCharacteristic	boxy fuselage ⓘ
introduced	late 1940s ⓘ
landingGear	fixed tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
noseFeature	clamshell nose doors ⓘ
notableUse	cross‑Channel car‑ferry services ⓘ
numberOfEngines	2 ⓘ
periodOfService	1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
powerplant	Bristol Hercules radial engines NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	cargo transport ⓘ
propulsion	propeller‑driven ⓘ
retired	1970s ⓘ
secondaryRole	car‑ferry operations ⓘ troop transport ⓘ
tailConfiguration	conventional tail unit ⓘ
usedBy	Argentine Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver City Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ civil airlines in Europe ⓘ civil airlines in New Zealand ⓘ
usedInConflict	post‑World War II period ⓘ
variant	Bristol Freighter Mk 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Freighter Mk 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Wayfarer NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingType	straight wing ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF Transport Command → aircraftOperated → Bristol Freighter ⓘ

Bristol Hercules → usedInAircraft → Bristol Freighter ⓘ

Bristol Hercules radial engine → usedOnAircraft → Bristol Freighter ⓘ

subject surface form: Bristol Hercules

Bristol Centaurus radial engine → usedOnAircraft → Bristol Freighter ⓘ

subject surface form: Bristol Centaurus

Bristol Aeroplane Company → notableProduct → Bristol Freighter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bristol Type 170 Freighter