BRAND and MODEL
SHORT SANDRINGHAM
TYPE
Commercial flying boat
ORIGIN
United Kingdom
ENGINE
(Sandringham 4)
Four 895 kw (1,200 hp) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92D Twin Wasp fourteen-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engines
SPECIFICATIONS
Wingspan: 34.41 m (112 ft 9½ in)
Length: 26.30 m (86 ft 3 in)
Height: 7.0 m (22 ft 10½ in)
Wing area: 1,256.72 m² (1,687 sq ft)
Max speed at sea level: 332 km/h (206 mph)
Max speed at 1,524 m (5,000 ft): 383 km/h (238 mph)
Max cruising speed at 2,743 m (9,00 ft): 357 km/h (221 mph)
Initial rate of climb: 299 m/min (980 ft/min)
Service ceiling: 6,492 m (21,300 ft)
Range with 4,497 kg (9,915 lb) payload at 283 km/h (176 mph): 2,269 km (1,410 miles)
Range with max fuel and 1,261 kg (2,780 lb) payload at 288 km/h (179 mph): 4,002 km (2,487 miles)
Empty weight: 18,765 kg (41,370 lb)
Loaded weight: 25,402 kg (56,000 lb)
PHOTO
Steve Scalise:Source of phothograph
