Aeroplane Monthly 1984-06 / D.Middleton - Tom Brooke-Smith /Test Pilot Profile/ (10)

The prototype Short Sealand, G-AIVX, first flew on January 19, 1948. Tom Brooke-Smith was the first pilot to take off from land and land on water, and vice versa, in this aircraft, in March 1948, when this photograph was taken.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

G-AIVX, in original configuration, on test near Belfast.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-09 / ??? - At last! the 1948 show

Piper flies past in Short Sealand G-AIVX.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

The prototype Sealand in original form with high-mounted engines and inset rudder.

Мировая Авиация 235

Sealand стал одним из самых интересных самолетов, созданных "Short Brothers". На фотографии - первый из четырех предсерийных самолетов, попавший в авиакатастрофу в районе Скандинавии во время демонстрационного турне в сентябре 1949 года.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

G-AKLM, the first Sealand I, took part in the 1949 King’s Cup in July and in October left for a sales tour of Scandinavia where, on the 15th, it hit a mountain in Norway and was burned out with the loss of its crew.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

This view of G-AKLO shows the modified engine position and heightened fin and rudder with horn balance.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / ??? - On the Rock

Short Sealand G-AKLO on the Rock on June 1950 during a sales tour of Europe and North Africa. After a long period of storage at Rochester ’LO was bought by Shell.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

G-AKLO with a reluctant starboard undercarriage unit.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

JAT's Sealands YU-CFK and YU-CFJ in formation with G-AKLV. These two Yugoslav Sealands were used for services along the Dalmatian coast and were delivered in 1951. One of them has spent many years stored outside for the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

VLS Sealand LN-SUF at the moment of lift-off at Bergen.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

VLS’s Mk III Sealand LN-SUH at Sandviken, Bergen. The wheel wells have been sealed.

Air Pictorial 1977-01 / J.Stroud - Looking Back at 'Boats

Short Sealand LN-SUH, one of two operated by Vestlandske Luftfartselskap, at the seaplane station at Bergen. These machines had their land undercarriages removed, becoming Sealand 3 flying-boats

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-09 / Farnborough 1949

Short Sealand G-AKLP had been ordered by British West India Airways for Caribbean island services, so it appeared at the show as VP-TBA RMA St Vincent. The following year Tom Brooke-Smith took it to the West Indies for route-proving and tropical trials, but, since it was not designed for operation from the open sea, they were unsuccessful. The aircraft subsequently returned to the UK and took up its old registration.

Air Pictorial 1977-01 / J.Stroud - Looking Back at 'Boats

VLS Sealand seen under tow at Sandviken, Bergen, in June 1953

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

INS-101, the first Sealand for the Indian Navy.

Air Enthusiast 1972-12 / P.Chopra - Indian ocean air power

Initial equipment for the Indian Navy's air component comprised a batch of 10 Short Sealand amphibians, the first of which was delivered at the end of 1952 and the remainder during 1953.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

G-AIVX, the prototype Sealand, being moved from the construction shop to the hangar in November 1947. The maiden flight was made on January 22, 1948.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

A view forward through a Sealand. The undercarriage housing divides the accommodation into two cabins.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

A model of the projected Short Sealand Amphibian.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/

KEITH WOODCOCK’S painting shows one of VLS’s Short Sealand Mk IIIs.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-08 / J.Stroud - Short Sealand /Post-war propliners/