Short Scion Senior
S.22 Scion Senior | |
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Role | Transport floatplane |
Manufacturer | Short Brothers |
First flight | 1935 |
Introduction | 1935 |
Status | Retired |
Number built | 6 |
Developed from | Short S.16 Scion |
The Short S.22 Scion Senior was a 1930s British four-engined nine-passenger floatplane built by Short Brothers.
Design and development
The Scion Senior was developed as an enlarged version of the
Operational history
The last aircraft built (serial number L9786) was acquired by the Air Ministry for testing flying boat hull designs particularly for the Short Sunderland. Redesignated the Scion Senior FB (for Flying Boat), it was fitted with a duralumin, flush-riveted central float and outrigger floats. During 1942, a series of trials by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) was undertaken, determining attitude and stability characteristics of the design. The sole test example was lost at sea on 15 March 1944 off Helensburgh, Argyll, when an attempt was made to take off from the Clyde in frosty conditions. H.G. White, a Flight Test Officer at MAEE Helenburgh, died when the aircraft stalled into the water and sank. The other two members of the crew were rescued.[2]
The Scion Senior landplane was eventually sold to
Operators
Floatplane
- Irrawaddy Flotilla Co Ltd
- Air Ministry (MAEE)
- Royal Air Force
- West of Scotland Air Services Ltd
Landplane
- Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd
- Jersey Airways Ltd
- Royal Air Force
- Short Brothers (demonstrator)
Specifications (Scion Senior Floatplane)
Data from Shorts Aircraft since 1900[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 10 passengers[4]
- Length: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m)
- Wingspan: 55 ft 0 in (16.76 m)
- Wing area: 400 sq ft (37 m2)
- Empty weight: 3,650 lb (1,656 kg)
- Gross weight: 5,750 lb (2,608 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 60 imp gal (72 US gal; 270 L)[5]
- Powerplant: 4 × Pobjoy Niagara III 7-cylinder radial engines, 90 hp (67 kW) each [6]
Performance
- Maximum speed: 134 mph (216 km/h, 116 kn)
- Cruise speed: 115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)
- Range: 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 650 ft/min (3.3 m/s) [5]
See also
Related development
Related lists
References
Notes
- ^ Barnes and James 1989, p. 298.
- ^ Test Flying memorial Project web site
- ^ Barnes 1967, p. 301
- ^ Barnes 1967, p. 296
- ^ a b Flight 31 October 1935, p. 454
- ^ a b Jackson 1988, p. 303
Bibliography
- Barnes, C. H. (1967). Shorts Aircraft since 1900. London: Putnam.
- Barnes, C. H.; James, Derek N. (1989). Shorts Aircraft since 1900. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-819-4.
- Green, William (1968). Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Five: Flying Boats. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-356-01449-5..
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (part: 1982–1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
- Jackson, A. J. (1988). British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.
- "The Short Scion Senior". Flight. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 1401. 31 October 1935. pp. 452–455. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
External links
- Short Scion Senior – British Aircraft of World War II