Flying Boat Services from SouthamptonBy Mike
| Flying Boats services were in operation for the first half of the 20th century from Southampton, with the exception of the Second World War when the operations were transferred to Poole, Dorset. |
Short 23, 30 and 33 Flying BoatsBy mike
| The Short Empire Flying Boats carried passengers and mail on services that included New York, Bermuda, Africa, Egypt and Australia in the 1930s and 1940s. The first C-Class Flying Boat built and launched in 1936 was G-ADHL Canopus. This aircraft was flown from Rochester to the Mediterranean to undertake the first scheduled service from Alexandria to Brindisi. However, in 1937 G-ADHL Canopus took off from the new Imperial Airways flying-boat at Hythe, Southampton to South Africa. |
Short Mayo CompositeBy Mike
| The Short Mayo Composite was developed using the Short S21 G-ADHK Maia Flying Boat as the launch aircraft and the G-ADHJ Float Plane flying 'piggyback.' |
The Princess Flying BoatsBy Mike
| Three Princess Flying Boats were built, but never went into service. Only one Princess Flying Boat flew and the other two were mothballed at Calshot. |
The Schneider TrophyBy Mike
| In 1913 French Industrialist Jacques Schneider introduced the Schneider Trophy. |
Flying Boats and Calshot SpitBy Mike
| Calshot Spit was identified as a good site for the development of aircraft that can take off and land on water in 1913. |
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