Short Valetta
| S.11 Valetta | |
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| Role | Passenger monoplane |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Short Brothers |
| First flight | 21 May 1930 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Short S.11 Valetta was a 1930s British passenger monoplane designed and built by Short Brothers at Rochester.
Development
The Valetta was designed and built for the Air Ministry to enable comparisons between a floatplane/landplane and a flying boat. The Valetta was a monoplane powered by three Bristol Jupiter XIF engines and first flown on 21 May 1930 as a floatplane. It had room for two crew and 16 passengers. In July 1931 it left Rochester on an African survey flight flown by Sir Alan Cobham, it returned to Rochester in September 1931 after flying 12,300 miles. The aircraft last flew as a floatplane in November 1931 and was converted to a landplane. It then underwent trials with Imperial Airways and the Air Ministry before being withdrawn from use and used by the Royal Air Force as an instructional aircraft at RAF Halton.
The Valetta was designed (floatplane)
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Capacity: 16 passengers
- Length: 70 ft 5 in (21.47 m)
- Wingspan: 107 ft 0 in (32.62 m)
- Empty weight: 14535 lb (6593 kg)
- Gross weight: 23000 lb (10433 kg)
- Powerplant: 3 × Bristol Jupiter XIF, 525 hp (392 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 135 mph (217 km/h)
See also
- Related lists
References
- ↑ Jackson 1985, page 301
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
External links
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- A flight in the Short "Valetta", Flight, October 3, 1930