Short Brothers

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aerospace company aircraft manufacturer

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.

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Label Occurrences
Short Brothers canonical 32
Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford) Ltd 1

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 ⓘ
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 (33)

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

Short 184 → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short 184 → designedBy → Short Brothers ⓘ
Isle of Sheppey → associatedWith → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Stirling → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England → associatedWith → Short Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastchurch airfield
Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England → associatedWith → Short Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastchurch
Short Sunderland → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Eastchurch → associatedWith → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short 360 → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Arthur Gouge → employer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Arthur Gouge → employer → Short Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Short Brothers (Rochester and Bedford) Ltd
Eustace Short → coFounderOf → Short Brothers ⓘ
Oswald Short → coFounderOf → Short Brothers ⓘ
Horace Short → coFounderOf → Short Brothers ⓘ
Horace Short → employer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Empire flying boat → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Skyvan → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Mayo Composite → developer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Belfast → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Belfast → developedBy → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Tucano (license production) → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short SC.1 → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Seamew → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Sherpa → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Sherpa → designedBy → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Solent → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Calcutta → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Kent → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Kent → designCompany → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Kent → builtBy → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Singapore flying boat → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Short Singapore
Cardington, Bedfordshire → airshipShedsAssociatedWith → Short Brothers ⓘ
Short Knuckleduster (S.1) flying boat → manufacturer → Short Brothers ⓘ
subject surface form: Short Knuckleduster (S.1)