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The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.
A Short Sunderland MR5 of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, displayed at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. Developed as a long range maritime reconnaissance flying boat, the Short Sunderland was widely used during the Second World War. New Zealand purchased four Sunderlands in early 1944 for use as transport aircraft but did ...
Retired. 1946–47. Variants. Short Mayo Composite. The Short Empire was a medium-range four-engined monoplane flying boat, designed and developed by Short Brothers during the 1930s to meet the requirements of the growing commercial airline sector, with a particular emphasis upon its usefulness upon the core routes that served the United Kingdom.
The Short Stirlingwas a British four-engined heavy bomberof the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be introduced into service with the Royal Air Force(RAF) during the war (the earlier Handley Page V/1500being a WWI design that served during the 1920s). The Stirling was designed during the late ...
Short S.26. The Short S.26 G-class was a large transport flying boat designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers. It was designed to achieve a non-stop transatlantic capability, increasing the viability of long distant services/duties. The S.26 had been developed from the preceding Short Empire, a large flying boat ...
Short Sunderland. The Short S.25 Sandringham is a British civilian flying boat designed and originally produced by Short Brothers. They were produced as conversions of the widely used Short Sunderland, a military flying boat that was commonly used as a maritime patrol aircraft. Prior to the Sandringham, numerous Sunderlands which had been built ...
Arthur Gouge. Sir Arthur Gouge (3 July 1890 – 14 October 1962) was a British engineer and aircraft designer from Kent, who worked notably for Short Brothers where he designed the "C-class" Empire and Sunderland flying boats.
First flight. 30 August 1944. Developed from. Short Sunderland. Variants. Short Solent. The Short S.45 Seaford was a 1940s flying boat, designed as a long range maritime patrol bomber for RAF Coastal Command. It was developed from the Short S.25 Sunderland, and initially ordered as "Sunderland Mark IV".