Lightweights

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

These:
Not actually any lighter than a normal 88" as pictured, but can be stripped down and stacked 2 high for easier air transportation

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Ben

The regular series 2's and 3's can be stacked 2 high, the reason for the Lightweight's design was in fact something unique to the Brits.

In the 1950's the RAF carried series 1 Land Rovers side by side in one of their freight aircraft (Bristol 170 Freighter I believe), when the series 2 came out the extra couple of inches in width on the new Land Rovers prevented them fitting the 2 rows inside the aircraft. The solution was to develop a series 2 variant with the same body width as the series 1.

http://www.adf-serials.com/nz-serial...RF_NZ5906a.jpg

Diana

Addit:The aircraft may have been the Blackburn B101 Beverley (a version of the General Aircraft GAL.60 built in the UK)

http://www.beverley-association.org....-r/XB261-e.jpg

P.S. the aircraft type may be wrong but the reason correct.

That's a bristol Freighter ;)

The lightweight officially was built for helicopter transport. Early helicopters had very low lifting weights, and the lower weight was needed. They ended up being a little lighter than a normal 88, but a bit more when they are stripped down.