Short Solent – Photos & Video

这 短索伦特 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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这 短索伦特 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 单翼机 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.
Short Solent在欧洲，非洲，亚洲和大洋洲的各种航线上运营。它主要由BOAC和TEAL使用，但也由一些较小的航空公司使用，如Aquila Airways。索伦特为乘客提供了舒适可靠的服务，但面临着来自运营速度更快、更便宜的陆基飞机的竞争。索伦特运营的最后一班航班于1960年由TEAL在斐济和塔希提岛之间飞行。今天保存了两件索伦特，一座在新西兰奥克兰的运输与技术博物馆，另一件在美国加利福尼亚州的奥克兰航空博物馆。