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Amazing Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Short Brothers business started in 1897 when Eustace Short (1875 – 1932) bought a second-hand coal gas filled balloon, and, with his brother Oswald, started a company to develop and manufacture balloons. In 1900, the two brothers visited the 1900 Paris Exposition ('World's Fair'), where they saw the balloons of Édouard Surcouf (of Société Astra), who had developed a method of constructing truly spherical balloons.
By the outbreak of World War I Shorts were already building a variety of aircraft. Production really started to expand during the war, for example for the Short Admiralty Type 184 (or simply "Short S.184"). On 15 August 1915, during the Battle of Gallipoli, a Short S.184 was the first aircraft to attack a ship with a live torpedo. Flying from HMS Ben-my-Chree, piloted by Flight Commander Charles Edmonds, it hit a Turkish supply ship in the Dardanelles. In terms of number built, the S.184 was Shorts' most successful pre-Second World War aircraft: over 900 were produced, many under licence by other manufacturers. A landplane version of the S.184 was also sold to the Royal Flying Corps as the Short Bomber.
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| Role | Experimental aircraft |
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| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Short Brothers |
| Designer | Horace Short |
| Introduction | 1909 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Short No.1 biplane was an early British aircraft built in 1909 by Short Brothers. Although it never flew, it was notable for being the first aircraft designed by Horace Short.
The Short No.1 was built for Francis McClean, who had seen Wilbur Wright's flight demonstrations at Le Mans in France. McClean, a keen astronomer, had to leave on an expedition to observe a solar eclipse in China, but wrote to Horace Short, whom he had only met once, asking him to build him an aeroplane. Horace Short began design work in November 1908,[1] and construction of the aircraft was started at Short Brothers' Battersea workshop in early 1909. The uncovered airframe was exhibited in March at the 1909 London Aero Show at Olympia.
Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, N Ireland.
Short No.1 biplane was an early British aircraft built in 1909 by Short Brothers. Although it never flew
Short S.8/8 Rangoon was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat, designed and built by Short Brothers.
 Short Stirling Mk.I W7459 'O' of No. 1651 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit) in flight, 1942 |
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| Type | Heavy bomberGlider tug |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Short Brothers, Rochester Short Bros. and Harland, Belfast Austin Motor Company |
| Designer | Claude Lipscomb / Sir Arthur Gouge |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Royal Air ForceEgyptian Air Force |
| Number built | 2,371 |
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| Manufactured | 1939–1945 |
| Introduction date | 1940 |
| First flight | 14 May 1939 |
| Retired | 1946 (UK); 1951 (Egypt) |
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