In the late 1950s, as fears of nuclear war intensified, Britain searched desperately for a way to stop high-speed Soviet ...
Before World War II, Imperial Airways operated large flying boats such as the Short Empire and Short S.26 for long-distance travel across the British Empire. However, the war led to the cancellation ...
In truth, Saro had been working on the concept for a twin-engine, jet-powered flying boat since at least 1943 under Air Ministry specification E.6/44. In our last item regarding a flying boat built by ...
Airplanes are fast, but they use a lot of power to keep a payload in the air. Surface ships carry a lot of cargo, but water resistance keeps them slow. Last week Britain’s Saunders-Roe, Ltd. (aircraft ...