Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Short Sunderland

 A well worn Sunderland is dragged ashore and serviced during WW2. It looks like it's due for a repaint!

4 comments:

In_my_humble_opinion said...

After WW2 many were converted into Sandringhams for commercial use. One that wasn't officially converted to a Sandringham but was converted for commercial use is now owned by Kermit Weeks in his Fantasy of Flight collection in Florida. For many years it operated for Antilles Air Boats until the owner, Charles Blair, was killed in an accident. It wound up in southern England at Calshot where it spent many years as the plaything of Edward Hulton. I used to go and see it periodically and watch it fly. It was not as attractive as a proper Sandringham conversion but is still a magnificent aircraft and spectacular in flight. The sound of those four engines is truly wonderful. Hopefully Kermit Weeks will fly her again one day although it has been some time since it last took to the air. Will probably require significant work before it flies again.

VectorWarbirds said...

Kermit did a video tour of it on YouTube not long ago. I was in it several years ago and its gonna need a bit of TLC but still in good shape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th1JI90vQtg

In_my_humble_opinion said...

Yes, I saw the video, really interesting. I visited it once at Fantasy of Flight not long after it arrived too.

Mister G said...

Kermit Weeks, there's a man using his money for good- old airplanes!