The first series of the Short Empires, the S.23, could carry five crew, 17 passengers, and 4,480 lb (2,035 kg) of cargo at a maximum speed of 174 knots (320 km/h) and was powered by four 920 horsepower (690 kW) Bristol Pegasus Xc radial engines.

2019年5月8日 · Four 679 kw (910 hp) Bristol Pegasus Xc nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. One of the most famous commercial flying boats, the Short S.23 C Class (known as the Empire) was built by Short Brothers for Imperial Airways and Qantas, particularly for the routes from the United Kingdom to Australia.

2017年8月11日 · The new aircraft, called the S.23 ‘Empire’ by Short but known as the C-Class to Imperial passengers, was developed and manufactured in parallel with the military Short Sunderland, with some design cues taken from the Short Scion Senior aircraft that served as a partial, half-size prototype.

Short S.23 'C' Class Empire Flying Boat. c/n S.795. This was the first Empire boat to be completed and flown by Short Bros at Rochester, Kent The o rder was placed by Imperial Airways, London - January 24, 1935

2020年1月5日 · The S23 C-Class Empire Boat was designed in the 1930s in response to an Imperial Airways requirement for an aircraft to transport airmail and passengers across the far-flung British Empire.

Lo Short S.23 Empire era un idrovolante a scafo centrale quadrimotore di linea prodotto dall'azienda britannica Short Brothers negli anni trenta.

Features included light-alloy stressed-skin construction; a cantilever high wing with electric Gouge flaps; four 685 W Bristol Pegasus Xc radial engines driving DH Hamilton two-position propellers; and a streamlined nose incorporating an enclosed …

Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETX Ceres (c/n S0840), nominally of Imperial Airways, on the apron at the head of the slipway at Sydney's Rose Bay flying boat base, photographed in mid 1939. In the background is the skeleton of the Qantas Empire Airways (QEA) hangar which was completed in October 1939.

With four 920 hp (686 kW) Bristol Pegasus XC radial engines, a high-set cantilever monoplane wing, and a streamlined hull, and of all-metal construction, the S.23 had a maximum speed of 200 mph (322 km/h), which was 26 mph (42 km/h) faster …

Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Technical Information. Background Built by the Short in Rochester, Kent United Kingdom. Prewar, several were sold to Qantas Empire Airways (QEA) for use delivering air mail. During World War II, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF ) impressed four into military service.