Supermarine Sheldrake

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Sheldrake
Supermarine Sheldrake Aero Digest July 1927.jpg
Role Amphibian biplane flying boat
National originUnited Kingdom
Manufacturer Supermarine
Designer R.J. Mitchell
First flight1927
Produced1923
Number built1
Developed from Supermarine Seagull

The Supermarine Sheldrake was a British amphibian biplane flying boat developed by Supermarine from the Supermarine Seagull with a revised hull. [1] It was powered by a Napier Lion engine mounted between the wings driving a four-bladed propeller. [1] Only one Sheldrake, serial number N180, was built. [2]

Contents

Specifications (Sheldrake N180)

Data fromSupermarine Aircraft Since 1914. [3]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sires of the Swift". Flight. 2 October 1953. p. 473.
  2. Robertson, Bruce (1987). British Military Aircraft Serials 1878-1987. Letchworth, England: Midland Counties Publications. p. 102. ISBN   978-0-904597-61-5.
  3. Andrews, C.F.; Morgan, Eric B. (2003). Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914 (2nd Revised ed.). London: Putnam Aeronautical. pp. 82–87.

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