Short Sporting Type
Short Brothers · United Kingdom · first flew 1919 · light aircraft
The Short Sporting Type Seaplane was a single-engined biplane seaplane that first flew in 1919. It was Shorts' first post-war aircraft.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 11.2 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Single-engined biplane seaplane with twin wooden main floats
- Upper and lower wings of equal span and chord, and folding wings
- Tail float with a taxiing rudder under a conventional tailplane
A four-seat biplane on twin floats with a Siddeley Puma engine, a forward cockpit for the pilot and a passenger, and a rear cockpit for two more.
Specifications
- The Short Sporting Type has a length of 11.2 m (37 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 13.56 m (44 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 153 km/h (95 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
It was designed to a wartime RAF specification for two training seaplanes, and three aircraft were then produced as a commercial venture. The first flew on 10 December 1919.
Variants
The first aircraft was named Shrimp, which led to the whole type being called the Short Shrimp. On the two later aircraft both wings had equal dihedral.
Where you'll see it
Only the first aircraft was sold and the other two were cannibalised for parts and scrapped in 1924.
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