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Aviation history ; Short C class Empire flying boat links page
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Go to Home Page for free download of my book Flying Empires & details of aircraft drawings.

Len Whalley has a collection of aircraft drawings that he has scanned. Copies are available for sale.

Some of the of drawings available from Len Whalley.

Czech Master Resin - 1/72nd Scale Aircraft

CMR-200  Short S.23 "C-Class" Empire Flying Boat

Complete Airframe
Highly-detailed Cockpit interior
Painted 'Photo-Etch' Cockpit detailing set
Detailed 'Bristol Perseus' Radial Engines
Glazed Passenger Cabin Windows
Optional Floats (2 types) 5,000lb buoyancy and 6,000lb buoyancy (S.23 'Atlantic' boat) versions
Beaching Gear
Rigging diagram for Floats and Aerials
Assembly and Painting Instructions
Paint Mask Cockpit Canopy Frame and full Passenger Cabin Windows
Photographic 'In Detail' Supplement
Brief history of the type and individual aircraft
Decal Set
CMR Models

The SEAWINGS web site specialises in providing information for the scale modeller in the form of historic photographs, plans and articles detailing the construction of 1/72nd scale models of various types, together with close-up photographic 'walk-rounds' of some of the surviving examples and many other reference details.  Photographs of the Empire 'boats has recently been added.  See links at the bottom of the page.  Seawings

If  you wish to see what a really expert model maker can do with the drawings - go to Geoff Reichelt's Page & link through to his Model Page. He has a 1:10 flying scale model Empire on the stocks. Geoff Reichelt's Page

Qantas Founders Museum
Longreach Queensland Australia

The QANTAS Founders Outback Museum (QFOM) was founded to honour the achievements of a group of remarkable men, telling the story up
to 1936. They established a company that grew to become a recognised leader in the field of world aviation, while making an enormous contribution to the people living in the isolated communities in the Australian Outback. The Museum was established in 1988. The visionary foresight of the local community culminated in 1996 in the opening of Stage 1 in the original QANTAS hangar at Longreach. QFOM is directed by a voluntary board & Stage 1 was funded by many individuals & organizations such as Boeing, British Aerospace, Westpac, Ford, QANTAS (cash & kind & the Avro 504 replica), Longreach Shire Council & the Queensland Government. QFOM has commissioned several models of past aircraft operated by QANTAS & has a full-sized de Havilland DH 61 biplane replica on display. The Museum is continuing to augment the collection with a recently acquired Boeing 747 (open to the public) & hopes to complete the whole story.

The Solent Sky depicts the history of aviation in the Solent area and Hampshire. This small geographical area was arguably the most important area in the world for aircraft experimental and development work also for civil and military aircraft operation. The Museum tells the story of 26 aircraft companies, the largest flying boat operation in the world and in particular the legendary Spitfire designed at Supermarine by R.J.Mitchell in the heart of the City of Southampton. Solent Sky

Clyde Aviation. Our prime objective is to build up a site giving access to all relevant Aviation history in the vincinity of the Clyde. Flying Boats, Seaplanes, Monoplanes, Bi-Planes, Helicopters etc. We are planning to add a section dealing with Seaplane tenders, and would welcome any information that any of our users could provide. Clyde Aviation

Thirty Thousand Feet™ is an aviation directory with thousands of links to aviation web pages, aviation news, and other sources of commercial, military, and general aviation information.

Thirty Thousand Feet Aviation Directory

Terence 'Terry' Lawless Duigan
From May 1940 to August 1945 'Terry' Duigan flew a total of 3380 hours on Empire 'boats, Catalinas & Liberators.  540 of those hours were on Short Empire Flying Boats.  

Terence Duigan Australian Aviation Hero

Aviation prints & paintings

Nikyla was born in Whyalla, South Australia and grew up in the beautiful & rugged Flinders Ranges. Art and its history always interested Nikyla, but it was in 1993 whilst on a working holiday in Europe that a true fascination was ignited and she found herself spending every available moment in Art Galleries & Museums. In 2004 Nikyla began working on her extraordinary aviation scenes covering both the commercial and private sectors of aviation within Australia and around the globe. Nikyla has also recently discovered a passion for painting portraits, her subjects to date include Aviation pioneer - Nancy Bird, Rugby league Legend - Shane Webcke, Hollywood Movie Star and Qantas Ambassador - John Travolta plus numerous private commissions.

Nikyla's aviation prints & paintings

Wikipedia
The Short Empire was a passenger and mail carrying flying boat, of the 1930s and 1940s, which flew between Britain and British colonies in Africa, Asia and Australia. It was manufactured by Short Brothers and was the precursor to the more famous Short Sunderland of World War II. In the United States, its contemporary was the Sikorsky S-42. Extracted from Wikipedia

Wikipedia flying boat page

Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company, usually referred to simply as Shorts, that is now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1908, Shorts was the first true aviation company in the world, and was a manufacturer of flying boats during the 1920s and 1930s and throughout the Second World War.
Extracted from Wikipedia

Wikipedia Short Brothers page

  Film Affaires Pty Ltd
was established as an independent documentary production centre in Sydney, Australia during 1982.

Since this time the crew at Film Affaires have completed many broadcast documentaries and business communication programs. Company Producer, Jeremy Linton-Mann, was recently awarded the Alcam Film and Television Producer of the Year for the new documentary "From Sea to Sky", focused on the magnificent era of the flying boats.

In association with WingCo Pictures, currently available titles include:

Black Knights
The Black Knights - Catalina air crews of four RAAF flying boat squadrons - carried out their extremely hazardous missions against the Japanese invasion forces in total secrecy.

Flight of the Felix
An inspirational story focussed on the mission to locate, purchase and fly a legendary WW2 flying boat across the world to Australia.

RAAF Rathmines - A Heritage Listing
Supported by archive scenes and Catalina flypasts at the event, the program intercuts the history of the flying boats training base with veteran interviews and the Listing Ceremony.

Film Affaires Pty Ltd

Peter van Lune's  web site is dedicated to the world's first range of all plastic Penguin models, modelkits, issued between 1936-1949.  The site has full background information, photos of made up and unbuilt kits,
catalogues and Penguin related items, such as  recognition models made by Frog. Peter van Lune