Short Brothers
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Short Brothers is a historic British aerospace company best known as one of the world’s first aircraft manufacturers and a pioneer in early aviation and flying boat design.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
aircraft manufacturer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
British Overseas Airways Corporation
ⓘ
Imperial Airways ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Eustace Short
ⓘ
Horace Short ⓘ Oswald Short ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Belfast ⓘ |
| industry | aerospace ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early aircraft manufacturing
ⓘ
flying boat design ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ seaplane design ⓘ |
| locationHistory |
Belfast
ⓘ
surface form:
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cardington, Bedfordshire ⓘ Rochester, Kent, England ⓘ
surface form:
Rochester, Kent
|
| notableAchievement |
developed long‑range oceanic flying boats
ⓘ
early experimentation with composite aircraft for transatlantic flight ⓘ produced first British four‑engined heavy bomber for RAF ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
BAe Jetstream 31
ⓘ
surface form:
Short 330
Short 360 ⓘ Short Belfast ⓘ Short Stirling ⓘ
surface form:
Short Bomber (Stirling) for RAF
Short Calcutta ⓘ Short Empire flying boat ⓘ Short Kent ⓘ Short Knuckleduster (S.1) flying boat ⓘ Short Mayo Composite ⓘ Short SC.1 ⓘ Short Seamew ⓘ Short Sherpa ⓘ Short Singapore flying boat ⓘ Short Skyvan ⓘ Short Solent ⓘ Short Stirling ⓘ Short Sunderland ⓘ Short Tucano (license production) ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
civil aircraft manufacturer
ⓘ
military aircraft manufacturer ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Bombardier
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombardier Aerospace
|
| predecessor |
Harland and Wolff
ⓘ
surface form:
Short Brothers and Harland
|
| roleInHistory |
one of the world’s first aircraft manufacturers
ⓘ
pioneer in early aviation ⓘ pioneer in flying boat development ⓘ |
| specialization |
aerostructures
ⓘ
turboprop regional aircraft ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eastchurch
subject surface form:
Eastchurch airfield