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The Short S.25 Sunderlandis a British flying boatpatrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothersfor the Royal Air Force(RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderlandin North East England. Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empireflying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways ...
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. It was developed and manufactured in parallel ...
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 ...
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 ...
Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes. [ 1 ] It was particularly notable for its flying boat designs manufactured into the 1950s.
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 Seaford. The Short Solent is a passenger flying boat that was produced by Short Brothers in the late 1940s. It was developed from the Short Seaford, itself a development of the Short Sunderland military flying boat design. The first Solent flew in 1946. New Solents were used by BOAC and TEAL, production ending in 1949.
On 2 June 1943, a Short Sunderland of No. 461 Sqn (11 Crew, 9 Australian, 2 British) [22] was attacked whilst on an ASR patrol over the Bay of Biscay by 8 Junkers Ju 88 fighter aircraft. [23] The Sunderland had been searching the Bay of Biscay area for a downed British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) aircraft that had been shot down over ...