Short S.30 Empire flying boat

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airliner flying boat

The Short S.30 Empire flying boat was a British long-range, four-engine seaplane of the 1930s–40s used primarily for intercontinental passenger and mail services.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Short S.23 Empire flying boat	1
Short S.26 G-class flying boat	1
Short S.30 Empire flying boat canonical	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airliner ⓘ flying boat ⓘ
aircraftCategory	civil transport aircraft ⓘ
aircraftFamily	Short Empire flying boat family NERFINISHED ⓘ
aircraftType	long-range flying boat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designFeature	all-metal construction ⓘ cantilever wing ⓘ
developedFrom	Short S.23 Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineConfiguration	four-engine ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ pre-World War II ⓘ
hullType	flying-boat hull ⓘ
manufacturer	Short Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableUse	British Empire air routes ⓘ
operatedBy	BOAC NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatorType	civilian airline ⓘ
primaryRole	air mail transport ⓘ intercontinental passenger transport ⓘ
propulsionType	piston-engined ⓘ
serviceScope	intercontinental routes ⓘ long-distance empire routes ⓘ
serviceType	scheduled airline service ⓘ
takeoffAndLanding	water ⓘ
usedFor	mail transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ
usedInPeriod	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ
wingConfiguration	high-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Tasman Empire Airways Limited → operatedAircraft → Short S.30 Empire flying boat ⓘ

Short Empire flying boat → developedInto → Short S.30 Empire flying boat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Short S.26 G-class flying boat

No. 210 Squadron RAF → aircraftUsed → Short S.30 Empire flying boat ⓘ

this entity surface form: Short S.23 Empire flying boat