60th anniversary of the Saunders Roe Princess flying boat

[bdk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19279791

[WallyB]

Wrong forum I think, but it does raise the question whether Saunders-Roe ever made a successful airplane.

The Skeeter/Scout doesn't count.

[JDK]

The Princess, a civil variation of fighting the last war - building new aircraft for the last peace...

Wrong forum I think, but it does raise the question whether Saunders-Roe ever made a successful airplane.

The Skeeter/Scout doesn't count.

Ow! Saro Cutty Sark, Cloud and London, thanks.

The SRA-1 still survives, a perfectly good aircraft for an absurd specification. If you mean 'built' rather than designed, the Saro built Supermarine Walrii were very successful, and if you mean aircraft rather than airplane, the SRN1 and SRN4 were both of historic import in transport history.

On the other hand the Saro Lerwick certainly is a serious contender for the worst aircraft of W.W.II to be built and enter service, only the Blackburn Botha coming near it for lethality to its own crews and lack of threat to the enemy and inability to do its job.

Regards,

[WallyB]

the SRN1 and SRN4 were both of historic import in transport history.

Hoovers run backwards ain't airplanes .

[bdk]

Wrong forum I think...

I'm kind of new here. What forum do you recommend?

[WallyB]

Wrong forum I think...

I'm kind of new here. What forum do you recommend?

Oh, maybe
Vintage Aviation
A Forum for those interest in vintage NON-military aircraft

In 1945, Saunders-Roe was asked by the British Ministry of Supply to bid for a long range civil flying boat for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), who planned to use them on transatlantic passenger services.

But whaddoiknow?

[Rick65]

The reference to the "largest all metal flying boat ever constructed" made me smile, guess the Spruce Goose had it covered.
The thought of the one flyer only clocking 97 hours in the air would have made me cry if I was an UK tax payer.

[JDK]

All I want for Christmas:



Mmmmmm...

Via the incomparable 'xplanes' on Tumblr. http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/69169308

[JDK]

A couple of the Princess:
http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/28504274 ... circa-1952

http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/28511823 ... incess-the

[The Inspector]

Sort confusing here-currently in this forum segment on this page @ 0907 PDT on 8/25 above and below this posting and response are articles dealing with;
The cost of restoring an aircraft carrier
a plant building closing
someone looking to reconnect with old airline friends
a weather report from Florida
a photo essay on a former commercial airliner in a museum.

So I'm open for a good explanation as to why this post on the SARO is in the wrong place:rolleyes:

[JDK]

So I'm open for a good explanation as to why this post on the SARO is in the wrong place:rolleyes:

I'm not, I'd rather we stuck to discussions about warbirds and related topics and avoided re-igniting pointless arguments - this thread certainly now has warbird content, as I put it there. So shall we move on and back to the topics?

Thanks.