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S.35 ShetlandReconnaissance Flying BoatShort![]() The first flight (DX166) took place on December 14, 1944. The S.35 did not have time to pass tests until the end of World War II, after which interest in it from the British Air Ministry fell. In October 1945, the aircraft was shown at the Farnborough Aviation Exhibition, on January 28, 1946, it burned down at the anchorage. With the end of the war, the second prototype (serial number DX171) was completed as a civilian transport and received the designation Shetland Mk.II. It was designed to carry 70 passengers, but only 40 passenger seats were installed. Registered as "G-ADUY", Shetland Mk.II. The first flight took place on September 17, 1947. After testing, the plane was delivered to Short's plant in Belfast, but no orders were received, only limited test flights were performed on it, and then it was decommissioned in 1951. |
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Armament. Eight 12.7 mm machine guns: three turrets, each 2 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) Browning in the nose, in the middle at the top and in the tail turret; 1 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) one machine gun each on the port and starboard sides, combat load - up to 1800 kg (bombs, torpedoes, mines)
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