Shorts Sealand Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Short Brothers & Harland Ltd

First Flight:

22 January 1948

Sealand Prototype:

1 - Shorts, Belfast

Sealand 1:

24 - Shorts, Belfast

Type Specification

Applies to:

Short S.A.6 Sealand

Type:

Commercial amphibian

Wing:

High wing cantilever monoplane. All metal construction

Hull:

All metal construction with a single step hull

Tail Unit:

Single fin and rudder with cantilever tailplane mounted just above base

Landing Gear:

Mainwheels retract into fuselage side with tailwheel that retracts behind planing bottom

Power Plant:

Two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70 6 cylinder inverted in line air cooled engines mounted on wing leading edge

Accommodation:

Crew of two on flightdeck with five passengers behind in cabin

Span:

61 ft 6 in

Length:

42 ft 2 in

Height:

Unknown

Wing Area:

359 sq ft

Empty:

7,007 lb

All-up:

9,100 lb

Max Speed:

187 mph

Duration:

3.5 hr

Preserved in British Museums

Sealand:

G-AKLW - Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Holywood - Restoration

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