SAFE. Straights Air Freight Express, during the operational hours of their heyday a Bristol used to fly over Blenheim every 12-15 minutes. Father had a transport business in Blenheim at that time and sure carried a lot of goods that traveled by them.

The ground crew could unload and reload them in 12 minutes and they were usually refueled at the same time as they only ran minimum fuel loads so as to maximise the freight carrying capacity

I vividly still remember the day that one got caught up in a NorWester wind while approaching Woodbourne and was blown semi backwards across Blenheim until it crashed into the Wither Hills killing the crew.

I was also at the air show at Woodbourne when one made a low speed pass on one engine and could not pull out of it and crashed into the Omaka River bed close to the airport, this time the crew walked away ok.