Варианты
- Short - S.31 - 1938 - Великобритания
- Short - Stirling / S.29 - 1939 - Великобритания
- Short - Stirling IV/V - 1943 - Великобритания
Short S.29 Stirling
По техническому заданию B.12/36 британского министерства авиации компания "Short Brothers" приступила к созданию перспективного семи-/восьмиместного тяжелого бомбардировщика. 19 сентября 1938 года в первый полет отправился исследовательский самолет S.31, оснащенный четырьмя двигателями Pobjoy Niagara мощностью 90л.с. и представлявший собой масштабную, в половину размера, версию самолета S.29 Stirling.
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- Short S.29 Stirling
Фотографии
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Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (11)
The Short S.31 at Rochester, Kent, before her maiden flight in September 1938. John Lankester Parker is in the cockpit.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (11)
A unique Flight air-to-air photograph of the Short S.31 taken on January 21,1941.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (11)
A rare photograph of the Short S.31 in flight, probably taken at Rochester during early trials in 1938.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (11)
The Short S.31 at Rochester after the outbreak of war, when the overall aluminium paint scheme gave way to camouflaged top surfaces with yellow beneath. The B Conditions markings M-4 were stencilled in small characters just forward of the tailplane.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1984-06 / D.Middleton - Tom Brooke-Smith /Test Pilot Profile/ (10)
S.31 - уменьшенный в два раза прототип бомбардировщика
The half-scale Stirling that was used to test out design problems for Short’s first, an only, four-engined bomber. Powered by four 90hp Pobjoy Niagara III radial engines (later replaced by Niagara IVs), this miniature carried both a pilot and observer.
The S.31 in its later form, with shorter fixed undercarriage and faired main legs. In this form it was used as a hack by company test pilots. -
Air International 1980-04 / In print
A photograph of the half-scale Stirling, the Short S.31, mounted in the 24-ft ( 7,32-m) wind tunnel at the RAE Farnborough in June 1940, at which time it was fitted with half-scale mock-ups of the Boulton Paul Type O ventral turret and Type H dorsal turret; both of these twin 20-mm cannon turrets were projected for eventual installation in a Stirling variant.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1991-02 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (11)
Comparative photographs of the undercarriage of the full-scale Stirling, left, and that of the Short S.31. The resemblance is quite marked.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Short Stirling / S.29 - Великобритания - 1939
- Фотографии