|
Short S.38, S.41 1912 |
In 1912 Horace Short received an Admiralty contract to build two tractor biplanes with interchangeable landing gear so that they ... read more ... |
The Short Brothers' longstanding involvement with maritime aviation became firmly established in 1913, when Horace Short developed a mechanism that ... read more ... |
Short Folder 1913 |
 |
|
Short Bomber 1915 |
Basically a landplane version of the Short 184 powered normally by a 186kW Rolls-Royce Eagle III engine and featuring a ... read more ... |
The Short 184 was the first seaplane to be employed successfully in a naval engagement, and an official letter written ... read more ... |
Short 184 1915 |
 |
The 320 was the ultimate torpedo-carrying seaplane to come from the Short stable during World War I, representing a combination ... read more ... |
Short 320 1916 |
 |
Public pressure resulted in the British government's return to funding Schneider trophy entries from the public purse, and the 1927 ... read more ... |
Short-Bristow Crusader 1927 |
 |
The Calcutta biplane flying boat originated from an Imperial Airways requirement to service the Mediterranean legs of its services from ... read more ... |
Short S.8 Calcutta 1928 |
 |
|
Short S.10 Gurnard 1929 |
A contender to Specification 0.22/26 calling for a high-speed
shipboard reconnaissance-fighter capable of
being flown with either wheel or float undercarriage and ... read more ... |
|
Short S.8/8 Rangoon 1930 |
From the Calcutta Short developed the Rangoon as a long-range reconnaissance type for the RAF. Six were produced and went ... read more ... |
|
Short S.17 Kent 1931 |
The closure of Italian and Italian colonial seaports to Imperial Airways in the Mediterranean in 1929 brought a need for ... read more ... |
|
Short Scion 1933 |
Short decided that there was a need for an inexpensive light transport landplane and the high-wing Scion was developed using
the ... read more ... |
|
Short S.19 Singapore III 1934 |
The Singapore III reconnaissance and coastal patrol flying-boat was basically the production version of the earlier Singapore II, itself developed ... read more ... |
The closure of Italian and Italian colonial seaports to Imperial Airways in the Mediterranean in 1929 brought a need for ... read more ... |
Short L.17 Scylla 1934 |
 |
In 1935 the British government took the bold decision to carry all mail within the Empire at the ordinary surface ... read more ... |
Short S.23 Empire 1936 |
 |
|
Short S.25 Sunderland 1937 |
The Sunderland maritime-patrol and reconnaissance flying-boat was designed to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 and was virtually ... read more ... |
Carefully-conducted tests had proved that an Imperial Airways' Empire flying-boat could achieve a transatlantic crossing only if its entire payload ... read more ... |
Short Mayo Composite 1937 |
 |
|
Short S.31 1938 |
After receiving orders for two prototypes and 100 production aircraft to the S.29 design which became the Short Stirling, Shorts ... read more ... |
The Stirling's design was based on Air Ministry Specification B.12/36. It was the first of the large four-engined bombers to ... read more ... |
Short S.29 Stirling 1939 |
 |
|
Short Sturgeon 1946 |
Originally designed as a twin-engined naval reconnaissance bomber for operation from the Ark Royal and Hermes-class aircraft carriers. With the ... read more ... |
The Solent was the civil version of the Seaford flying-boat, 18 of which were operated by BOAC as 30-passenger Solent ... read more ... |
Short Solent 1946 |
 |
|
Short S.45 Seaford 1946 |
For service in the Pacific the Air Ministry required a more powerful, more heavily armed flying boat than the Short ... read more ... |
The last Sturgeon was modified
into the SB.3 anti-submarine aircraft. Any remaining semblance of good looks
was ruined by the extremely ... read more ... |
Short S.B.3 1946 |
 |
|
Short Sealand 1948 |
The Sealand twin-engined light commercial amphibian flying-boat was first flown on 22 January 1948. Power was provided by 254kW de ... read more ... |
The ungainly Seamew was conceived as a cheap, rugged anti-submarine
aircraft able to operate from small carriers used by the UK ... read more ... |
Short S.B.6 Seamew 1953 |
 |
|
Short S.C.1 1957 |
In 1953, the Ministry of Supply issued Specification ER.143 for a research aircraft which could take off vertically by jet ... read more ... |
| 
