This Day in Aviation History
June 21st, 1961
First flight of the Aviation Traders Carvair.
 
The Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair was a large piston four-engined transport aircraft. It was a Douglas DC-4-based air ferry developed by Freddie Laker’s Aviation Traders (Engineering) Limited (ATL), with a capacity of 25 passengers and five cars, loaded at the front….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Aviation Traders Carvair: http://gstv.us/28JVNKA
 
YouTube, Look at Life – The car has wings 1963: http://gstv.us/28JW3Jq
 
The Carvair was developed from the Douglas DC-4 and were a replacement for the Bristol 170 Freighter.
Wikipedia, Douglas DC-4: http://gstv.us/28JVRd4
Wikipedia, Bristol Freighter: http://gstv.us/28JVXRX
 
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