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Страна : Великобритания

Год : 1930

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Short. Различные самолеты 1920-1932 годов

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   В 1927 году "Short Brothers" построила самолет S.11 Valetta, который использовался сэром Аланом Кобхемом для исследования районов Нила и Центральной Африки в 1931 году.
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  • Short. Различные самолеты 1920-1932 годов
  • Flight, August 1929
    THE SHORT THREE-ENGINED FLOAT MONOPLANE
  • Flight, July 1930
    THE SHORT "VALETTA
  • Flight, May 1932
    Short "Valetta” as a Landplane
  • Flight, November 1932
    British Aircraft
  • Мировая Авиация 234

    С размахом крыла 32,61 м самолет Valetta стал на момент своего первого полета в мае 1930 года крупнейшим гидропланом. Самолет вмещал двух членов экипажа и 16 пассажиров. В 1931 году его переоборудовали в "сухопутный" самолет и использовали для испытаний.

  • Flight 1930-10 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": The cabin is reached via steps housed in the fairing of the front port strut of the float undercarriage.

  • Flight 1930-10 / Flight

    AT MOORINGS: The Short "Valetta" (3 Bristol "Jupiter" engines) on the Medway outside the Rochester Works of Short Brothers. (Note the servo-rudder.)

  • Flight 1930-10 / Flight

    AN INTERESTING COMPARISON: Britain's smallest and largest seaplanes side by side, and both productions of the same firm - Short Bros. of Rochester. On the left is Short "Mussel" ("Cirrus"), equipped with amphibian gear and with Mr. Eustice Short at the controls. The other machine is the new Short "Valetta" (three Bristol "Jupiters")

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: Short Mussel / S.7 - Великобритания - 1926

  • Flight 1931-07 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": The large mono-seaplane, fitted with three 490 h.p. Bristol "Jupiter" engines, in which Sir Alan Cobham is making a survey flight to Central Africa.

  • Flight 1930-10 / Flight

    A BRITISH EFFORT: The Short "Valetta" three-engined (Bristol "Jupiter") seaplane, built to order of the Air Ministry for commercial air transport.

  • Flight 1930-10 / Flight

    LATERAL STABILITY: The floats of the "Valetta" are set wide apart and should make the machine very steady on fairly calm water.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": Approximately of the same weight and carrying capacity as the "Calcutta," this machine is an interesting experiment to determine the relative merits of twin-float monoplane and ordinary flying-boat.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    THREE STAGES IN THE TAKE-OFF OF THE "VALETTA": Note the clean running shown in the lower photograph.

  • Flight 1931-01 / Flight

    FLOATS INSTEAD OF HULL: The Short "Valetta" mono-seaplane, Bristol "Jupiter" engines, can also be fitted with land undercarriage.

  • Flight 1939-04 / Flight

    The Valetta makes an interesting comparison with the Calcutta flying boat, which had similar power plants. A Valetta was flown to South Africa by Sir Alan Cobham in 1931, though this trip is not to be confused with his circuit of the same continent in a Singapore.

  • Flight 1931-07 / Flight

    SIR ALAN COBHAM'S AFRICAN FLIGHT: Sir Alan, with other members of the crew, standing on a float of the Short "Valetta."

  • Flight 1930-03 / Flight

    THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT: Extreme ranges of floats constructed by Short Brothers - the large float for the three-engined monoplane (40ft. long, 22,600 lbs. displacement) and the wing-tip floats for the light amphibian (180 lbs. displacement each).

  • Flight 1932-05 / Flight

    LANDPLANE AND SEAPLANE: The Short "Valetta" (Bristol "Jupiter" engines) has now been fitted with a wheel undercarriage, and has been flown as a landplane. A view of the machine as a seaplane is included for comparison.

  • Flight 1932-05 / Flight

    UNUSUAL BRACING: This front view shows the arrangement of the rigid strut bracing, which distributes landing loads in an unusually complete way.

  • Flight 1932-05 / Flight

    THE "VALETTA" LAND UNDERCARRIAGE: It picks up on three of the four points used in the float undercarriage, the outer rear support being idle.

  • Flight 1932-05 / Flight

    THE TAIL WHEEL: This is of the castoring type, and is centred by the rubber cords.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": View inside the Cabin, looking aft. Note that the windows are set low, so that passengers can look down without craning.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    IN THE LUGGAGE HOLD: This view, looking towards the stern, shows clearly the absence of obstructions inside the hull. The hull frames are not cut into, while the fore-and-aft stringers are interrupted at the frames and secured to them by gusset plates.

  • Flight 1929-08 / Flight

    THE SHORT THREE-ENGINED TWIN-FLOAT MONOPLANE: Photographs of a scale model.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": Details of the fuselage construction are shown on the left. Specially strong frames are used where the main wing spars join the body, as shown on the right.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    FLEXIBLY MOUNTED ENGINES: Rubber is interposed between the engine bearers and their support on the aircraft structure in order to reduce the amount of vibration transmitted to the cabin, &c.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": Outrigger strut bracing is used for wing and floats. The outrigger struts are of circular section, while the wing bracing struts are of built-up box section with a streamline fairing, added. Details of the joint between outriggers, wing struts and float struts are shown analytically.

  • Flight 1930-07 / Flight

    THE SHORT "VALETTA": Details of float construction and of float strut attachments.

  • Flight 1929-08 / Flight

    AS A LANDPLANE: Although designed primarily as a twin-float seaplane, the new Short monoplane can be converted into a landplane by fitting a wheel undercarriage.

  • Flight 1929-08 / Flight

    Short Twin Float Commercial Monoplane 3 Bristol "Jupiter" Engines

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