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1950
1950 - 1555.PDF
17 August 1950 199 *»r • "'HE liner," Kipling maintained, "she's a lady"; I and who, having seen the Cunarder Queen Mary at speed in squally North Atlantic weather, could disagree? An R.A.F. photographer did see her so, and his picture opposite surely bears out the Poet of Empire. It is a pleasing thought that the grace and majesty of such vessels is inherent in British flying boats, of which the Short Sunderland, as depicted on the right over the cruiser Aurora, may go down in history as the most famous of all— certainly one of the longest-lived. That a Sunderland replacement is being studied is reassuring, but years must elapse before such a machine could be in service. The Seaford, closely akin to the civil Solent, seen at centre left, was built—but never adopted—to succeed the Sunderland, of which type large stocks were on hand at the war's end. Much of the character of these big craft is discernible in the little Sealand amphibian (below); this is a light trans- port or air yacht of great distinction. The quality of British air and sea craft, in fact, persists in all shapes and sizes, even to the airborne lifeboat seen (bottom right) snug under the fuselage of an air / sea-rescue Lancaster, skimming low over St. Merryn. That a company most famed for its marine aircraft is equally adept at con structing landplanes or deck-landing types is proved by the success of the Short Sturgeon (two Rolls Royce Merlin engines) seen at the foot of the opposite page leaving the deck of H.M.S. Illustrious.
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