Shorts Sperrin Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Short Brothers & Harland Ltd

First Flight:

10 August 1951

Sperrin:

2 - Shorts, Belfast

Type Specification

Applies to:

Short S.A.4 Sperrin

Type:

Long range bomber

Wing:

Mid wing, all metal cantilever monoplane

Fuselage:

All metal construction

Tail Unit:

Cantilever tailplane on fuselage with single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type. Nosewheel retracts rearwards into fuselage, main wheels retract into engine nacelles

Power Plant:

Four Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets, two on each wing, one above the wing and one below in single nacelle

Accommodation:

Crew of five in pressure cabin in nose

Armament:

Up to 20,000 lb of bombs carried in internal bomb bay

Span:

109 ft

Length:

102.3 ft

Height:

Unknown

Wing Area:

1,663 sq ft

Empty:

72,000 lb

All-up:

115,000 lb

Max Speed:

564 mph

Range:

3,860 miles

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