Grumman albatross re-entering production

Wild_Bill_Kelso said:

Short Sleaford!

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EwenS said:

You mean the Short Seaford, as in the town in East Sussex not Sleaford, as in the town in Lincolnshire.

Hercules engined development of Sunderland later civilianised as the Solent 3.

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• Powerplant: 4 × Bristol Hercules XIX 14-cylinder radial engines, 1,720 hp (1,280 kW) each

• Maximum speed: 242 mph (389 km/h, 210 kn) at 500 ft (150 m)
• Cruise speed: 155 mph (249 km/h, 135 kn) at 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
• Range: 3,100 mi (5,000 km, 2,700 nmi) [7]​[8]​
• Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
• Rate of climb: 880 ft/min (4.5 m/s)
• Time to altitude: 18 min to 10,000 ft (3,000 m)

• Guns: 6 × .50 in Browning machine guns (two each in nose and tail turrets and two beam guns), 2 x 20 mm Hispano cannon in dorsal turret and 2 × fixed .303 in Browning machine gun
• Bombs: 4,960 lb (2,250 kg) of bombs and depth charges