The Short Solent is a passenger flying boat that was produced by Short Brothers in the late 1940s. It was developed from the Short Seaford, itself a development...
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The Solent (/ˈsoʊlənt/ SOH-lənt) is a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth...
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Solent took place on 18 and 19 July 1545 during the Italian Wars, between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England, in the Solent,...
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Tasman Empire Airways Limited (category Articles with short description)
by the governments of New Zealand and Australia. Four Short Sandringham aircraft and Short Solent aircraft were acquired, as well as an ex-Royal New Zealand...
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of Wight The Short Solent, often simply called a Solent, a type of flying boat Solent City, an alternate name for South Hampshire Solent Group, a geological...
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4,960 lb (2,250 kg) of bombs and depth charges Short S.45 Seaford NJ203, converted to a Short Solent in 1948, is displayed at the Oakland Aviation Museum...
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Duxford in Cambridgeshire. NJ203 RAF Short Sunderland IV/Seaford I S-45 NJ203. 1947 Converted to Short Solent 3 by Short Bros Belfast. 1949 BOAC G-AKNP "City...
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(1940) Short S.35 Shetland 1 (1944) Short S.45 Seaford (1944) Short S.45 Solent (1946) Short S.38 SA1 Sturgeon (1946) Short S.39 SA2 Sturgeon Short Nimbus...
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occur on English soil. 10km 6miles The aircraft, an Aquila Airways Short Solent 3 flying boat named the City of Sydney, registered G-AKNU, departed Southampton...
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Solent University (formerly Southampton Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students...
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British Overseas Airways Corporation (category Articles with short description)
BOAC continued with theirs until 1950, and even introduced the new Short Solent on the leisurely Nile route to South Africa. In 1948, the unpressurised...
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long range flying boat passenger airline. Short Sandringham I Short Solent 2 Short Solent 3 Short Solent 4 Short Sunderland 3 Sunderland 3 'Hythe' class...
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Solent Sky (previously known as the Southampton Hall of Aviation) is an aviation museum in Southampton, England. The museum depicts the history of aviation...
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Lee-on-the-Solent, often referred to as Lee-on-Solent, is a seaside district of the borough of Gosport in Hampshire, England, about five miles (8 km) west...
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Bristol Hercules (category Articles with short description)
Noratlas Nord Noroit Northrop Gamma 2L Saro A.36 Lerwick Short S.26 Short Seaford Short Solent Short Stirling SNCASE SE-1010 Vickers Valetta Vickers Varsity...
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Saunders-Roe Princess (category Articles with short description)
resumed with other types being operated, such as the Short Hythe, Short Sandringham, and Short Solent. However, the war had also produced a legacy of large...
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Wolf Solent is a novel by John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) that was written while he was based in Patchin Place, New York City, and travelling around the...
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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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The Short SA.6 Sealand was a high wing cantilever monoplane amphibious aircraft. It shared its basic configuration with the larger Short Solent flying...
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List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United Kingdom (category Articles with short description)
Manchester. Out of the 32 people on board 8 survived. 1950 1 February – BOAC Short Solent G-AHIX sank in Southampton water during a test flight, aircraft destroyed...
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-1.600 The Solent Way is a long-distance footpath in Hampshire, southern England. For the most part, the path follows the coast of the Solent, the sea strait...
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Sleeve valve (category Articles with short description)
routes, and Handley Page Hermes (and related military Hastings), and Short Solent airliners and the Bristol Freighter and Superfreighter. The Centaurus...
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Havilland DH 114 Heron Douglas DC-2 Douglas DC-3 Handley Page Hermes Short Solent In April 1958, the BAS Group fleet comprised 43 aircraft. There are two...
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Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent, (RNAS Lee-on-Solent; or HMS Daedalus 1939–1959 & 1965–1996 and HMS Ariel 1959–1965), is a former Royal Naval Air...
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Oakland Aviation Museum (category Articles with short description)
SH-II RG Kitfox IV 1200 Jurca MJ-7 Gnatsum (P-51B 3⁄4 scale replica) Short Solent Mk. III Flying Boat Thorp/Paulic T3B-1 Kitty Hawk Flyer eVTOL Cessna...
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After World War II TEAL re-equipped, initially with Short Sandringham and later with Short Solent flying boats, and a former Royal New Zealand Air Force...
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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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That's TV (category Articles with short description)
That's Solent began broadcasting on 26 November 2014 while a soft launch of That's Oxford took place on 17 April 2015. Prior to the launch of the Solent station...
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Vaal Dam (category Articles with short description)
title of the largest inland yacht race. On 4 May 1948 BOAC introduced Short Solent flying boats on the UK (Southampton) to South Africa (Vaaldam) service...
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List of Palmerston Forts at Portsmouth (redirect from Solent Forts)
into four distinct groups of forts, comprising four sea forts built in the Solent, a group of forts on Portsea Island, a group of forts along Portsdown Hill...
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