Short Aircraft

Short Biplane No 2 1909 The Short Biplane No. 2 flew for the first time around Britain in 1909. read more ... Horace Short began designing his first aircraft, the Short No 1 Biplane, in 1909; a ... read more ... Short Biplane No 1 1909 Short S.38, S.41 1912 read more ... The Short Brothers' longstanding involvement with maritime aviation became firmly established in 1913, when Horace ... read more ... Short Folder 1913 Short Admiralty 74 1914 Short Admiralty 166 1914 Short Admiralty 827 & 830 1914 Short Admiralty 860 1914 Short Bomber 1915 Basically a landplane version of the Short 184 powered normally by a 186kW Rolls-Royce Eagle ... read more ... The Short 184 was the first seaplane to be employed successfully in a naval engagement, ... read more ... Short 184 1915 Short Admiralty 184 1915 The 320 was the ultimate torpedo-carrying seaplane to come from the Short stable during World ... read more ... Short 320 1916 Short 310 1916 Short N.2B 1917 Short Shirl 1918 Short Cromarty 1921 Short Springbok 1923 Short S.5 Singapore I 1925 Short S.3b Chamois 1927 One prototype flown in 1927. No production. read more ... Public pressure resulted in the British government's return to funding Schneider trophy entries from the ... read more ... Short-Bristow Crusader 1927 Short Sturgeon 1927 The Calcutta biplane flying boat originated from an Imperial Airways requirement to service the Mediterranean ... 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 ... read more ... Short S.11 Valetta 1930 Short S.8/8 Rangoon 1930 From the Calcutta Short developed the Rangoon as a long-range reconnaissance type for the RAF. ... read more ... Short S.12 Singapore II 1930 Short S.17 Kent 1931 The closure of Italian and Italian colonial seaports to Imperial Airways in the Mediterranean in ... read more ... Short Sarafand 1932 Short Scion 1933 Short decided that there was a need for an inexpensive light transport landplane and the ... read more ... Short Knuckleduster 1933 Short S.19 Singapore III 1934 The Singapore III reconnaissance and coastal patrol flying-boat was basically the production version of the ... read more ... The closure of Italian and Italian colonial seaports to Imperial Airways in the Mediterranean in ... read more ... Short L.17 Scylla 1934 Short Scion Senior 1935 In 1935 the British government took the bold decision to carry all mail within the ... 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 ... read more ... Carefully-conducted tests had proved that an Imperial Airways' Empire flying-boat could achieve a transatlantic crossing ... 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 ... read more ... The Stirling's design was based on Air Ministry Specification B.12/36. It was the first of ... read more ... Short S.29 Stirling 1939 Short S.26 Golden Hind 1939 Following on from the Empire class flying boats, Short was keen to explore the ... read more ... It would have been a long-range flying-boat with a heavy armament much bigger than Short ... read more ... Short S.35 Shetland 1944 Short Sturgeon 1946 Originally designed as a twin-engined naval reconnaissance bomber for operation from the Ark Royal and ... read more ... The Solent was the civil version of the Seaford flying-boat, 18 of which were operated ... 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 ... read more ... The last Sturgeon was modified into the SB.3 anti-submarine aircraft. Any remaining semblance of good ... 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 ... read more ... Designed to Specification B.14/46, the Short Sperrin was intended as an insurance against failure of ... read more ... Short S.A.4 Sperrin 1951 Short S.B.5 1952 The ungainly Seamew was conceived as a cheap, rugged anti-submarine aircraft able to operate from small ... 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 ... read more ... The Skyvan had its origins in the Miles Aerovan, the concept of which was ... read more ... Short SC.7 Skyvan 1963 Short SC.5/10 Belfast 1964 The Belfast was a four-engined heavy transport for the RAF, the first of which flew ... read more ... The Short 330 was developed from the SC.7 Skyvan, with a fuselage stretched to ... read more ... Short 330 / C-23 Sherpa 1974 Short 360 1981 The Short 360 was designed as an enlarged successor to the Short 330, but ... read more ...