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ザ ショートソレント 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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ザ ショートソレント 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 単葉 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.
ショートソレントは、ヨーロッパ、アフリカ、アジア、オセアニアのさまざまなルートで運航されていました。主にBOACとTEALで使用されていましたが、アクイラ航空などの小規模な航空会社でも使用されていました。ソレントは乗客に快適で信頼性の高いサービスを提供しましたが、より速く、より安価に運用できる陸上航空機との競争に直面していました。ソレントが運営する最後のサービスは、1960年にフィジーとタヒチの間でTEALによって飛行されました。現在、ニュージーランドのオークランドにある交通技術博物館と、米国カリフォルニア州のオークランド航空博物館に2つのソレントが保存されています。