Short Empire flying boat

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airliner flying boat seaplane

The Short Empire flying boat was a British four-engined long-range seaplane of the 1930s used primarily by Imperial Airways for transoceanic passenger and mail services.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Short Empire flying boat canonical 4
British seaplanes 1
Short Empire flying boat design 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner ⓘ
flying boat ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ
aircraftType four-engined monoplane ⓘ
airlineClass luxury flying boat airliner ⓘ
airlineRole flagship of Imperial Airways Empire routes ⓘ
construction all-metal stressed-skin hull ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 164 mph ⓘ
designPurpose Empire air routes of the British Empire ⓘ
developedFrom Short Kent ⓘ
developedInto Short S.30 Empire flying boat ⓘ
surface form: Short S.26 G-class flying boat
engineType piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Imperial Airways ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
firstFlight 1936-07-04 ⓘ
height 31 ft 9 in ⓘ
icaoCode none ⓘ
introduced 1937 ⓘ
landingGear hull for water landings ⓘ
length 88 ft 0 in ⓘ
manufacturer Short Brothers ⓘ
maximumSpeed 199 mph ⓘ
militaryRole transport aircraft ⓘ
militaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
notableVariant Short S.23 ⓘ
Short S.30 ⓘ
Short S.33 ⓘ
numberBuilt 42 ⓘ
operatedOnRoute UK–Australia route ⓘ
UK–South Africa route ⓘ
trans-Atlantic survey and ferry flights ⓘ
passengerCapacity 24 ⓘ
powerplant 4 × Bristol Pegasus radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser British Overseas Airways Corporation ⓘ
Imperial Airways ⓘ
Qantas Empire Airways ⓘ
range 1,500 mi ⓘ
retired 1947 ⓘ
serviceCeiling 20,000 ft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
takeoffWeight 40,500 lb ⓘ
usedFor airmail transport ⓘ
long-range passenger transport ⓘ
transoceanic services ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
wingConfiguration high-wing cantilever monoplane ⓘ
wingspan 114 ft 0 in ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Short Brothers → notableProduct → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
Short Sunderland → derivedFrom → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
British Overseas Airways Corporation → fleetIncludes → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
Bristol Pegasus radial engine → usedInAircraft → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Pegasus
this entity surface form: Short Empire flying boats (some variants)
Napier Lion VIIB → usedIn → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: British seaplanes
Imperial Airways → fleetIncludedAircraft → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
Arthur Gouge → notableWork → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Short Empire flying boat design
Arthur Gouge → notableWork → Short Empire flying boat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Short S.23 Empire class flying boat design