Klaatu83, e-mail, 18.06.2012 01:00 Basically a scaled-up version of the Calcutta, the Sarafand was the second largest airplane in the world when it was completed, only exceeded by the enormous Dornier DO-X. However, unlike the DO-X, the Sarafand flew very well and proved to be a completely practical aircraft. The only reason it didn't go into production was that it was too expensive for the depression-era RAF. It had a top speed of 153 mph and a range of over 1,400 miles, which was really pretty good in 1932, particularly for such a huge airplane. Although the Sarafand never did go into production, the techniques used in it's design and construction enabled Shorts to build the highly-successful Empire flying boat airliners, as well as the Sunderland patrol bomber flying boats of WW-II.

Cive, e-mail, 12.05.2009 22:57 A single aircraft built,as a transport it is the largest biblane ever built and the largest biplane flyingboat. Further information is available at Seawings UK, the flyingboat reference site

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