Registration / Serial:G-EBVG
Aircraft Original Type:Short S.8 Calcutta
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S.8 Calcutta
Aircraft Version:Short S.8 Calcutta
C/n (msn):S.712
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:River Thames, Westminster
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 August 1928
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Photo ID:520593Submit Correction
View count: 337
Prototype, registered Nov.1927. First flew 14 Feb.1928. To Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Felixstowe for trials 15 March 1928, after completion of which it landed on the Thames between Vauxhall and Lambeth Bridges on 1 August 1928 and was moored by Westminster Bridge for three days so that Members of Parliament could inspect an aircraft intended to forge important links across the Empire. Handed over to Imperial Airways 9 Aug.1928. During a night stop in Mirabello Bay, Crete on 28 Dec.1936 it was damaged beyond repair while moored in a storm and rough seas.
Registration / Serial:G-EBVG
Aircraft Version:Short S.8 Calcutta
C/n (msn):S.712
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:River Thames, Westminster
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 August 1928
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Registration / Serial:G-EBVG
Aircraft Original Type:Short S.8 Calcutta
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S.8 Calcutta
Aircraft Version:Short S.8 Calcutta
C/n (msn):S.712
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:River Thames, Westminster
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 August 1928
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Photo ID:520593Submit Correction
View count: 337
Prototype, registered Nov.1927. First flew 14 Feb.1928. To Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Felixstowe for trials 15 March 1928, after completion of which it landed on the Thames between Vauxhall and Lambeth Bridges on 1 August 1928 and was moored by Westminster Bridge for three days so that Members of Parliament could inspect an aircraft intended to forge important links across the Empire. Handed over to Imperial Airways 9 Aug.1928. During a night stop in Mirabello Bay, Crete on 28 Dec.1936 it was damaged beyond repair while moored in a storm and rough seas.
Registration / Serial:G-EBVG
Aircraft Version:Short S.8 Calcutta
C/n (msn):S.712
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:River Thames, Westminster
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 August 1928
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact