Short Brothers
9 aircraft types.
Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, was an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes. It was particularly notable for its flying boat designs manufactured into the 1950s.
- Founded
- 1908
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Belfast
- Parent
- Bombardier Aerospace
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Aircraft types
F.5
flying boat family by Felixstowe
First flight 1918
L.17 Scylla
airliner model by Short Brothers
S.8/1 Calcutta
1928 flying boat airliner model by Short Brothers
First flight 1928
S.8/8 Rangoon
1931 military flying boat model by Short Brothers
First flight 1930
Short S.80
aircraft model
First flight 1913
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Short SB.6 Seamew
British anti-submarine airplane
First flight 1953
Short Sperrin
type of aircraft
First flight 1951
Sunderland II
maritime patrol flying boat
Sunderland III
maritime patrol flying boat