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el Corto Solent is a passenger flying boat that was produced by Short Brothers in the late 1940s. It was developed from the Short Seaford, itself a development of the Short Sunderland military flying boat design, which was too late to serve in World War II. The first Solent flew in 1946. New Solents were used by BOAC and TEAL, production ending in 1949. Second-hand aircraft were operated until 1958 by a number of small airlines such as Aquila Airways.

Fuente: Corto Solent en Wikipedia

el Corto Solent was a passenger flying boat that was produced by Short Brothers in the late 1940s. It was developed from the Short Seaford, itself a development of the Short Sunderland military flying boat design. The first Solent flew in 1946. New Solents were used by BOAC and TEAL, production ending in 1949.
The Short Solent had a high-wing monoplano configuration and an aluminium construction. It was powered by four Bristol Hercules engines, which could be replaced by Bristol Centaurus engines on some models. It could carry 34 to 45 passengers and seven crew members in its basic version. The passengers enjoyed spacious and luxurious cabins, a lounge/dining area, a kitchen, dressing rooms, toilets and freight compartments. The flight crew consisted of two pilots, a navigator, a radio operator and a flight engineer.
El Short Solent operó en varias rutas a través de Europa, África, Asia y Oceanía. Fue utilizado principalmente por BOAC y TEAL, pero también por algunas aerolíneas más pequeñas como Aquila Airways. El Solent ofrecía un servicio cómodo y fiable a sus pasajeros, pero se enfrentaba a la competencia de los aviones terrestres que eran más rápidos y baratos de operar. El último servicio operado por Solent fue realizado en 1960 por TEAL entre Fiji y Tahití. Hoy en día se conservan dos Solents, uno en el Museo de Transporte y Tecnología de Auckland, Nueva Zelanda, y otro en el Museo de Aviación de Oakland en California, Estados Unidos.