Bristol Freighter

The Bristol Type 170 Freighter was a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as a freighter and airliner, best known as an air ferry carrying cars and their passengers over short distances. A passenger-only version was called the Wayfarer, and an enlarged vehicle-carrying version the Superfreighter. It began as a stop-gap project to give Bristol work while the Brabazon was under development, then took on Air Ministry requirements for a rugged aircraft that could carry a three-ton truck. Wide opening nose doors and a high flight deck gave access to the cargo bay. The prototype first flew on 2 December 1945, too late for the war, and 214 had been built by the end of production in 1958. Two 2,000 hp 14-cylinder piston engines powered it.