A model of the Short S.32, three examples of which had been ordered in 1938.
A contemporary model of the S.32 bearing its allocated civil registration, G-AFMK; the second and third examples were to be G-AFML and ’FMM, but none was ever completed and the registrations were not reallocated.
HIGH FLYER: The excellent lines of the Short 14/38 landplanes ordered by the Air Ministry may be studied in these views of a model. Fitted with Bristol Hercules engines giving 1,100 h.p. at 22,000 feet, one version (Type B), will cruise at 275 m.p.h. at 25,000 feet.
Short’s proposed layout for the 12-seat configuration of the S.32 in its day layout, although the layout could be reconfigured to provide sleep accommodation for night operations. The incorporation of pressurisation would allow the S.32 to cruise at higher altitudes, above the weather, and would provide benefits in speed and economics.
A contemporary Short Bros illustration of the air brake system that may have been employed on the S.32. Interestingly, the illustration’s submission date is nearly a year before Specification 14/38 was issued, and the drawing appears to be in the style of an airliner rather than a flying-boat or bomber, suggesting the company may have been considering a civil design before the Specification was issued.
This three-view illustration of the S.32 by the author is based on contemporary sources, predominantly Claude Lipscomb’s drawings in Aeronautics in 1939. The cockpit glazing was identical to that of the G-class flying-boat.
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