Short Brothers Aircraft

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Short Brothers Aircraft
Model	Date	Detail
No.1 Biplane	1909	Experimental aircraft
No.2 Biplane	1909	Experimental aircraft
No. 3 Biplane	-	-
Dunne: D.5	1910	Experimental Aircraft.
Dunne: D.6	1911	Experimental Monoplane.
S.27	1910
Tandem-Twin	1911	Variant of S.27
S.34	1911	Long range version of S.27
S.36	1912	Sports Aircraft.
S.38	1912	Coastal Patrol Trainer.
Short S.39 Triple-Twin	1911	Based on S.27
S.41	1912	Floatplane.
S.42		Monoplane
S.45	1912	Seaplane
S.46	1912	Nicknamed the Double Dirty
S.47 Triple Tractor	1912	Experimental Aircraft.
Short Folder	1913	Generic name applied to many Short aircraft.
Short Admiralty Type 3	1913	Version of the Short Triple-Twin
Short Admiralty Type 42		Version of the S.41.
Short Admiralty Type 74	1914	Biplane Tractor Seaplane.
Short Admiralty Type 81	1913	Floatplane
S.80	1913	Seaplane
S.81	1914	Gun-Carrying Seaplane
Short Admiralty Type 135	1914	Folding-wing Floatplane
Type 827	1914	Two-seat reconnaissance floatplane
Type 184	1915	Patrol seaplane; Torpedo bomber. Two crew. Powered by 225 hp [Sunbeam]]; 240 hp Sunbeam; 260 hp Sunbeam; 175 hp Sunbeam Maori III; 250 hp Eagle or 240 hp Renault. At least 650 were built.
Short Bomber	1915	Night bomber with two crew. Single engined biplane. Powered by 225 hp Sunbeam or 250 hp Rolls-Royce engine
Short Admiralty Type 166	1916	Bombing Folding Seaplane.
Type 320	1916	Patrol seaplane; Torpedo bomber. Two crew. Partner to the 184 for maritime role. Powered by 310 hp Sunbeam Cossack or 320 hp Sunbeam Cossack. 137 aircraft produced.
F3 Felixstowe	1917	Military Flying Boat.
F5 Felixstowe	1918	Military Flying Boat.
Short N.1B Shirl	1918	Single Seat Biplane.
N.2B	1917	Reconnaissance Aircraft
R31-class airship	1918	Airship
Short Sporting Type	1919	Commercial folder biplane seaplane - Short Shrimp.
Short Silver Streak	1920	All-metal aircraft
N.3 Cromarty	1921	Twin-engined biplane flying boat
Gnosspelius Gull	1923	Ultra-light monoplane.
S.1 Cockle	1924	Single-seat sport monoplane flying boat, with a novel monocoque duralumin hull.
Springbok	1923	Two-seater biplane
S.4 Satellite	1924	Two-seater sporting monoplane
Singapore I	1926.	Twin engined biplane flying boat. Used by Alan Cobham for his 1927-8 round Africa flight.
S.3b Chamois	1927	Version of Springbok
S.6 Sturgeon	1927	Prototype naval reconnaissance aircraft.
S.7 Mussel	1926	Experimental and trainer.
Crusader	1927	Racing seaplane
Calcutta	1928.	Flying boat with slotted wings.
Short S.10 Gurnard	1929	Fleet Fighter.
Singapore II	1930	Did not enter production. Four built but all converted to Singapore III.
Rangoon	1930	Three-engine general reconnaissance biplane flying boat. Six built.
Valetta.	1930	Three-engined Monoplane Seaplane.
Short-Kawanishi S.15 KF1	1930	Military flying boat
S.17 Kent	1931	Biplane Flying Boat Airliner
S.14 Sarafand	1932	Very large biplane flying boat. Powered by six Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines mounted in tandem pairs. Crew of ten and capable of 1,450 mile range. Only one built.
Scion	1933	Twin Engined Passenger Monoplane.
Short S.18 / Short R.24/31 Knuckleduster	1933	General purpose flying-boat
L.17 Scylla	1934	Biplane Airliner
Singapore III	1934	General reconnaissance flying boat. Four tractor / pusher 730 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel VIII or IX engines mounted on twin nacelles. Other sources say two 560 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIMS engines (tractor) and two 560 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIMS engines (pusher) mounted in tandem pairs. 37 aircraft built.
Short Mayo Composite	1937	Piggy-back long-range seaplane/flying boat combination of S.20 Mercury and S.21 Maia.
Scion Senior	1935	10-seater seaplane.
Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat	1936	Flying boat mail and passenger carrier
Short S.26 G-Class Flying Boat	1936	Development of the S.23, a flying boat mail and passenger carrier
Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat	1936	Flying boat mail and passenger carrier
S.25 Sunderland	1937	Military version of the 'C' class Empire flying boat. Used for maritime patrol and reconnaissance duties. Powered by 915 hp Bristol Pegasus XXII engines. 75 (MkI) aircraft built.
Short S.25 Sandringham	1937	Civil flying boat
Short S.26 G-Class	1939	Transport Flying Boat
S.29 Stirling	1939	Four-engine heavy bomber.
S.32	-	Long-range transport monoplane (3 built and none completed).
Short S.31 (Half-scale Stirling)	1939	-
Short S.33 Empire Flying Boat	1940	Flying boat mail and passenger carrier.
Short S.35 Shetland 1	1944	Reconnaissance flying-boat
Short S.45 Seaford	1944	Flying boat.
Short S.45 Solent	1946	Passenger flying boat
Short S.38 SA1 Sturgeon	1946	Reconnaissance Bomber
Short S.39 SA2 Sturgeon	1946	Reconnaissance Bomber
Short Brothers: Nimbus	1947	2-seater civilian glider trainer
Short S.40 Shetland 2	1947	Reconnaissance flying-boat
Short SB3 Sturgeon	-	Torpedo bomber
Short Sealand	1948
Short SA4 Sperrin	1951	Experimental aircraft
Short Brothers: SA5	-	Project only
Short Brothers: SA9	-	Project only - Glider
Short SB.1	1951	Experimental glider
Short SB.5	1952	Experimental variable geometry aircraft
Short SB.4 Sherpa	1953	Test bed for the aero-isoclinic wing
SB.6 Seamew	1955	Anti-submarine aircraft
Short SB7 Sealand III	-	-
Short SC1	1957	Experimental aircraft
Short SC9 / SD1 Canberra	1961	-
Short SC7 Skyvan	1963	Cargo aircraft.
Short SC5 Belfast	1964	Heavy airfreighter.
Short 330	1974	Transport aircraft.
Short 360	1981	Transport aircraft.
Short C-23 Sherpa	1984	Transport aircraft.
Short Tucano	1986	Trainer Aircraft.
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Sources of Information

• [1] Wikipedia
• The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published in 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x
• The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft by Chaz Bowyer. Published in 1982. ISBN 1-85841-031-2
• Warplanes of the World 1918-1939 by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1