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- 1. Three Short Rangoon flying boats moored at Farm Cove, Sydney (7606849508): Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons· No restrictions
what is it?
The Short S.8/8 Rangoon was a 1930s British three-engined biplane flying boat, designed and built by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · 28.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Wingspan of 28.4 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1930-09-24
- introduced
- 1931
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- role
- flying boat
- makers
- Short Brothers
- engines
- 3× Bristol Jupiter XIF
- crew
- 5
- length
- 20.4 m
- wingspan
- 28.4 m
- height
- 7.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 10.2 t
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- cruise speed
- 148 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 3,658 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3912762, Wikipedia: Short Rangoon (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.