- Short Sandringham
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name = Short Sandringham
type = Civil flying boat
manufacturer =Short Brothers
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first flight =16 October 1937
introduced = 1938
retired = 1967
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primary user =BOAC
more users =TEAL
Ansett
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variants with their own articles =Short Sunderland The Short Sandringham was anairliner derivative of theShort Sunderland militaryflying boat . It was used by theBOAC as the Plymouth class andTEAL on theAuckland toSydney route and flights to Pacific Islands. It was used byAnsett on the Sydney toLord Howe Island service. Some of Ansett's Sandringhams were converted from S-25 Sunderlands previously owned by theRoyal New Zealand Air Force . It was also used in Norway by DNL - Norwegian Airlines 1946–1952 on the domestic service fromOslo toTromsø .All the Sandringham aircraft were conversions from former military Sunderland flying boats. The Sandringham Mark I used
Bristol Pegasus engines while the Sandringham Mark II used Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engines.Currently there is a Sandringham at the Worlds Greatest Aircraft Collection in
Florida ,USA and there is also one inSouthampton and another inLe Bourget , Paris.Operators
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*Ansett ;NZL
*TEAL ;NOR
*DNL - Norwegian Airlines;UK
*BOAC ee also
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