Supermarine Sea Eagle

Infobox Aircraft
name = Sea Eagle
type = Flying boat
manufacturer = Supermarine


caption =
designer = R. J. Mitchell
first flight = June 1923
introduction = 25 September 1923
retired = 1928
status =
primary user = British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd
more users =
produced = 1923
number built = 3
unit cost =
variants with their own articles =

The Supermarine Sea Eagle was a British passenger-carrying flying boat designed and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works for its subsidiary, the British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, to be used on their cross-channel route between Southampton and the Channel Islands and the Continent. Flying commenced on these routes on 25th September 1923, and they were the world's first scheduled passenger air service by flying boat.

ervice

One Sea Eagle crashed in May 1924. A second Sea Eagle was lost when it rammed the harbor at St Peter Port, Guernsey, in January, 1927.

The last Sea Eagle was withdrawn from service in 1929.

Variants

The Supermarine Scarab was a military flying-boat, based upon the Sea Eagle, built for the Spanish Naval Air Service for use in the bomber/reconnaissance role. It was fitted with a Lewis machine gun and a bomb load of 450 kg.

Operators

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* British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd
* Imperial Airways

pecifications

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?= plane
jet or prop?= prop
crew= 2
capacity = 6 passengers
length main= 37 ft 4 in
length alt= 11.37 metres
span main= 46 (21 ft 1 in folded)
span alt= 14 metres
height main= 15 ft 11 in
height alt= 4.85 metres
loaded weight main= 6,050 lb (all up)
loaded weight alt= 2,744 kg
engine (prop)= Rolls-Royce Eagle IX in pusher configuration
number of props= 1
power main= 360 hp
power alt= 268 kW
max speed main= 93 mph
max speed alt= 150 kph
range main= 230 miles
range alt= 370 km

ee also

* List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

* [http://www.imperial-airways.com/Supermarine_sea_eagle.html Imperial Airways]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://usuarios.lycos.es/mas_jag/alhucemas/aviones/aviones.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Supermarine%2BScarab%2522%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGIC_en__237__237 The Scarab]
* [http://www.unicover.com/EF4VH8BW.HTM Service]