Bristol Freighter transport plane that toured New Zealand and Australia in 1947. Arrived in New Zealand on 23 July 1947 at Whenuapai. Crew included R Ellison (Bristol pilot), F E Sander (Qantas Empire Airways navigation officer), J.Lamsdale (Marconi Corporation radio officer), A E Davis and W. Burns (Bristol engineers), and M F Elliott (Bristol representative). Later in 1947 the plane was loaned to New Zealand Railways to trial the first Cook Strait freight flight, and was the first freight flight to carry a car across Cook Strait.
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Bristol Freighter Tour, Captain R Ellison at the controls of the Bristol freighter MK 1...
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Christchurch, loading a car into the aircraft during the Canter...
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Bristol Freighter tour, Rongotai, from left are Mr Elliott, Sir Bernard Freyberg, Capta...
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Percival Proctor aircraft, Otago Aero Club
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Marlborough Aero Club, from left are J E Barker, S N Farmar, D ...
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter Tour, Cook Strait freight trial, loading at Paraparaumu
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Avon River, Christchurch
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, loading freight on the Cook Strait trial, Captain Ellison (left...
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Bristol Freighter tour, Dunedin, Clive J Wood, chairman Otago Chamber of Commerce (left...
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, E A Heyder, president Wairarapa and Ruahine Aero Club
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Christchurch, Aero Club field day, from left are Miss Hill, Lad...
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Bristol Freighter tour, Palmerston North, from the left are P A Matheson, G Gerrand and...
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, New Plymouth
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Cook Strait trial
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Cook Strait trial
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, Palmerston North, Middle Districts Aero Club, president E V Wes...
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Bristol Freighter tour, F L Gray, secretary Wairarapa and Ruahine Aero Club
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, D Furness, vice president Marlborough Aero Club
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, loading freight at Woodbourne
Date: Jul 1947
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Bristol Freighter tour, H Sinclair, president Otago Aero Club
Date: Jul 1947
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