Bristol 170 Freighter; Airfix 1/72

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Re: Bristol 170 Freighter; Airfix 1/72

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lovely restoration
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Re: Bristol 170 Freighter; Airfix 1/72

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I like it. As others have said its a nice restoration. Interesting colour scheme too.

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Re: Bristol 170 Freighter; Airfix 1/72

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I had a flight in a Bristol Freighter across the Channel in 1967. When the pilot ran up the engines for take off, the Starboard Bristol Hercules engine blew a cylinder and it belched out black smoke. Its a good job we were not airborne as I doubt it would have flown well on one engine with a load consisting of three cars and about a dozen passengers. Still without a fuss we passengers just changed planes and carried on as if nothing had happened!
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Re: Bristol 170 Freighter; Airfix 1/72

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LarryH57 wrote:I had a flight in a Bristol Freighter across the Channel in 1967. When the pilot ran up the engines for take off, the Starboard Bristol Hercules engine blew a cylinder and it belched out black smoke. Its a good job we were not airborne as I doubt it would have flown well on one engine with a load consisting of three cars and about a dozen passengers. Still without a fuss we passengers just changed planes and carried on as if nothing had happened!
What? No counselling? No compensation for the stress and inconvenience? :shock: :shock: How on earth did you manage? :shock:

How times have changed.....not always for the better :roll:

(I must admit though, if a Hercules is going to give a cylinder the old heave ho, it's probably best done on the ground! :-D )
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