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    The Short SB.4 Sherpa was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers. Only a single example was...
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  • first flight was in 1982 Short SB.4 Sherpa, an experimental British aircraft whose first flight was in 1955 Super Sherpa, a 250 cc dual-purpose motorcycle...
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    inside the fixed part of the wing (illustrated by photographs in the Short SB.4 Sherpa article). The pivoting mechanism had a double-ball bearing unit on...
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  • by Short Brothers have been named Sherpa: Short SB.4 Sherpa, a jet-powered experimental wing research aircraft, first flight 1953 Short C-23 Sherpa, military...
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    extensive damage to the Short SB.1 necessitating a rebuild, the decision to power the modified glider (redesignated the Short SB.4 Sherpa) meant the end of...
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  • including designing and building the VTOL Short SC1, the Short SB5 and the Short SB.4 Sherpa. Shorts built the Short Sperrin, a backup jet engine bomber design...
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    The Short C-23 Sherpa is a small military transport aircraft built by Short Brothers. It was designed to operate from unpaved runways and make short takeoff...
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    Lockheed CL-1201 (category Articles with short description)
    Tactical fighters carried (AAC variant): 22 Main engines: 4 Lift engines: 182 Short SB.4 Sherpa "Never Built: CL-1201 – Found And Explained". 2021-05-01...
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    NACA duct (category Articles with short description)
    it was originally designed, such as the North American YF-93 and Short SB.4 Sherpa. It is commonly used for piston engine and ventilation intakes. It...
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    Turbomeca Palas (category Articles with short description)
    Ikarus S451M Ikarus 452M Mantelli AM-12 Miles Sparrowjet Payen Pa 49 Short SB.4 Sherpa SIPA S.200 Minijet SIPA S.300 Somers-Kendall SK-1 Sud-Ouest Bretagne...
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    List of experimental aircraft (category Articles with short description)
    research Short SB.4 Sherpa – Powered isoclinic wing research Short SB.5 – English Electric Lightning wing research Short SC.1 – VTOL research Short Silver...
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    Flexible wing (category Articles with short description)
    wing, developed by Geoffrey T. R. Hill in the 1950s and flown on the Short SB.4 Sherpa, was an attempt control the flexing in such a way as to maintain handling...
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    Wing configuration (category Articles with short description)
    stabilizing surfaces may be combined in a single plane, as on the Short SB.4 Sherpa whose whole wing tip sections acted as elevons. Alternatively the...
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    Skyvan. The C-23 Sherpa was a military version of the 330. Production of the aircraft ended in 1992, after 141 were produced. The Short 360 was a development...
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    airliners. A military version developed from this family is the C-23 Sherpa. In 1958, Short was approached by F.G. Miles Ltd (successor company to Miles Aircraft)...
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    The Short Tucano is a two-seat turboprop basic trainer built by Short Brothers in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a licence-built version of the Brazilian...
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    Tucano Short SA.1 Sturgeon Short SA.4 Sperrin Short SA.6 Sealand Short SB.1 Short SB.2 Sealand II Short SB.3 Short SB.4 Sherpa Short SB.5 Short SB.6 Seamew...
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  • List of tailless aircraft (category Articles with short description)
    Supersonic jet. Double-delta planform. Short SB.1 UK Glider Experimental 1951 Prototype 1 Aero-isoclinic wing. Short SB.4 Sherpa UK Jet Experimental 1953 Prototype...
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    The Short SB.5 (serial WG768) was a "highly unorthodox, adjustable wing" British research aircraft designed by Short Brothers in response to the UK Air...
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    The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be...
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  • Geoffrey T. R. Hill (category Articles with short description)
    subsequently worked with David Keith-Lucas of Short Brothers on the design of the experimental Short SB.4 Sherpa, another tailless design, which test-flew...
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    with capacity for five LD3 cargo containers. Short C-23 Sherpa B+ and C variants are military-configured Short 360s operated by the United States military...
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    the SB.1 crash-landed as a result of problems while being towed behind the Short Sturgeon, the SB.1 was further developed into the Short SB.4 Sherpa, powered...
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    The Short SA.4 Sperrin (named after the Sperrin Mountains) was a British jet bomber design of the early 1950s, built by Short Brothers and Harland of...
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  • Society of British Aerospace Companies (category Articles with short description)
    Sealand II amphibian Shorts S.B.3 Short Sturgeon based carrier-borne anti-submarine aircraft. Shorts S.B.4 Short SB.4 Sherpa experimental aero-isoclinic...
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    The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft...
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    The Short Belfast (or Shorts Belfast) is a heavy lift turboprop freighter that was built by British manufacturer Short Brothers at Belfast. Only 10 aircraft...
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  • (4.8 m/s) Sikorsky S-42 Potez-CAMS 141 Related development Short Sarafand Short Knuckleduster Short Scion Senior Short Mayo Composite Short S.26 Short...
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    The Short S.26 G-class was a large transport flying boat designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers. It was designed to...
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    The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts as a lightweight anti-submarine platform to replace the Royal...
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