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Short Brothers: Rangoon

From Graces Guide
November 1932. (S1433) (Flight 1932/11/17).

Note: This is a sub-section of Short Brothers

Type

  • Flying Boat

Manufacturers

Number produced

  • 6

Engines

The Short S.8/8 Rangoon was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying-boat, designed and built by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force.

On 24 September 1930, the first Rangoon (S1433) was flown from the River Medway at Rochester by Shorts' Chief Test Pilot, John Lankester Parker.

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