Short
S.23 'C Class' Empire Flying Boat G-AETX at Rose Bay
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This aircraft was built by Short Brothers of Rochester, Kent, UK. It was launched and had its first flight on 14 July 1937. It was issued a Certificate of Airworthiness two days later on 16 July and delivered to Imperial Airways on 20 July. At the time of this photograph, QEA and Imperial Airways interchanged aircraft on the Australia-UK service, with QEA operating the Sydney-Singapore legs. Click here to read more about these flying boats.
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G-AETX remained with Imperial Airways (later BOAC) during the war and was sunk following an explosion at Durban, South Africa, on 1 December 1942. (Photos: CAHS/Ivan Hodder collection)
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Click here to see a photo of the Rose Bay terminal in 1939 Click here to see Short S23 C Class Empire Flying Boat G-AEUE Caledonian at Karumba.
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