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Short Mayo Composite

Index Short Mayo Composite

The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane and flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to North America and, potentially, to other distant places in the British Empire and the Commonwealth. [1]

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  1. 59 relations: Aerial refueling, Air Ministry, Air vice-marshal, Aircraft, Alexander Bay, South Africa, Alexandria, Aluminium, Arthur Gouge, Boeing 747, Boucherville, Bristol Pegasus, British Empire, Canada, Commonwealth of Nations, Composite aircraft, Don Bennett, Dundee, Edwards Air Force Base, Felixstowe, Felixstowe Porte Baby, Flight International, Flying boat, Foynes, H engine, Hermes, Imperial Airways, John Lankester Parker, Kennedy Space Center, List of Air Ministry specifications, List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force, List of flying boats and floatplanes, Lockheed Hudson, Maia, Mercury (mythology), Montreal, Movietone News, Napier Rapier, NASA, Netherlands Naval Aviation Service, No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF, North America, Pathfinder (RAF), Piggyback (transportation), Poole Harbour, Quebec, Radial engine, RAF Pembroke Dock, Rochester, Kent, Royal Air Force, Seaplane, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. 1930s British airliners
  3. Composite aircraft
  4. Eight-engined tractor aircraft
  5. Parasite aircraft

Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.

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Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964.

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Air vice-marshal

Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Aircraft

An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Alexander Bay, South Africa

Alexander Bay is a town in the extreme north-west of South Africa.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Arthur Gouge

Sir Arthur Gouge (3 July 1890 – 14 October 1962) was a British engineer and aircraft designer from Kent, who worked notably for Short Brothers where he designed the "C-class" Empire and Sunderland flying boats.

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Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.

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Boucherville

Boucherville is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada.

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Bristol Pegasus

The Bristol Pegasus is a British nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial aero engine.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Composite aircraft

A composite aircraft is made up of multiple component craft.

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Don Bennett

Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, (14 September 1910 – 15 September 1986) was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest air vice marshal in the Royal Air Force.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dundee; Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland.

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Edwards Air Force Base

Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California.

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Felixstowe

Felixstowe is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Felixstowe Porte Baby

The Felixstowe Porte Baby (also known as the Porte F.B.2) was a British reconnaissance flying boat of the First World War, first flying in 1915. Short Mayo Composite and Felixstowe Porte Baby are flying boats and Parasite aircraft.

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Flight International

Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.

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Flying boat

A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. Short Mayo Composite and flying boat are flying boats.

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Foynes

Foynes is a town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary.

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H engine

An H engine is a piston engine comprising two separate flat engines (complete with separate crankshafts), most often geared to a common output shaft.

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Hermes

Hermes (Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods.

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Imperial Airways

Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to South Africa, India, Australia and the Far East, including Malaya and Hong Kong.

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John Lankester Parker

John Lankester Parker OBE FRAeS Hon.

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Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers.

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List of Air Ministry specifications

This is a partial list of the British Air Ministry (AM) specifications for aircraft.

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List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force

Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service.

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List of flying boats and floatplanes

The following is a list of seaplanes, which includes floatplanes and flying boats. Short Mayo Composite and list of flying boats and floatplanes are floatplanes and flying boats.

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Lockheed Hudson

The Lockheed Hudson is a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built by the American Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

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Maia

Maia (Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, Μαίη; Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.

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Mercury (mythology)

Mercury (Mercurius) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Movietone News

Movietone News was a newsreel that ran from 1928 to 1963 in the United States.

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Napier Rapier

The Napier Rapier was a British 16-cylinder H pattern air-cooled aero engine designed by Frank Halford and built by Napier & Son shortly before World War II.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Netherlands Naval Aviation Service

The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Marineluchtvaartdienst, shortened to MLD) is the naval aviation branch of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Pathfinder (RAF)

The Pathfinders were target-marking squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II.

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Piggyback (transportation)

Piggyback transportation refers to the transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else.

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Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Radial engine

The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel.

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RAF Pembroke Dock

Royal Air Force Pembroke Dock, or more simply RAF Pembroke Dock, was a Royal Air Force Seaplane and Flying boat station located at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Rochester, Kent

Rochester is a town in the unitary authority of Medway, in Kent, England.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Seaplane

A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.

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Shannon Estuary

The Shannon Estuary in Ireland (Inbhear na Sionainne) is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Short Brothers

Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Short Empire

The Short Empire was a medium-range four-engined monoplane flying boat, designed and developed by Short Brothers during the 1930s to meet the requirements of the growing commercial airline sector, with a particular emphasis upon its usefulness upon the core routes that served the United Kingdom. Short Mayo Composite and Short Empire are 1930s British airliners, flying boats, four-engined piston aircraft and short Brothers aircraft.

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Short S.26

The Short S.26 G-class was a large transport flying boat designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers. Short Mayo Composite and Short S.26 are 1930s British airliners, flying boats, four-engined piston aircraft and short Brothers aircraft.

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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two retired extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters.

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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

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Test pilot

A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.

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Tumblehome

Tumblehome is a term describing a hull which grows narrower above the waterline than its beam.

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1941 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1941.

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See also

1930s British airliners

Composite aircraft

Eight-engined tractor aircraft

Parasite aircraft

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite

Also known as Mayo Composite, Short Maia, Short Mayo, Short Mercury, Short S.20, Short S.20 Mercury, Short S.21, Short S.21 Maia, Short-Mayo Composite.

, Shannon Estuary, Short Brothers, Short Empire, Short S.26, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Space Shuttle, Test pilot, Tumblehome, 1941 in aviation.