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Lla Solent court 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.

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Lla Solent court 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 monoplan 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.
Le Short Solent a opéré sur diverses routes à travers l’Europe, l’Afrique, l’Asie et l’Océanie. Il a été principalement utilisé par BOAC et TEAL, mais aussi par certaines compagnies aériennes plus petites telles que Aquila Airways. Le Solent offrait un service confortable et fiable à ses passagers, mais faisait face à la concurrence d’avions terrestres plus rapides et moins coûteux à exploiter. Le dernier service opéré par Solent a été effectué en 1960 par TEAL entre Fidji et Tahiti. Deux Solents sont conservés aujourd’hui, l’un au Museum of Transport and Technology d’Auckland, en Nouvelle-Zélande, et l’autre au Oakland Aviation Museum en Californie, aux États-Unis.