Short Seaford
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IV/Seaford I S-45 NJ203. 1947 Converted to Short Solent
3 by Short Bros Belfast. 1949 BOAC
G-AKNP “City of Cardiff". 1951 Trans Oceanic Airways of Australia as VH-TOB "Star of Papua". 1953 South Pacific Air Lines
as N9946F "Isle of Tahiti". Last flew 1958. 1958 Howard Hughes
- Hughes Tool Company
. Since 1990 On display at the Oakland Aviation Museum
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Oakland, California, Aviation Museum have a Seaford (converted to a civilian Solent) on display - http://www.westernaerospacemuseum.org/museum/solent/solent.html
Survivor
J203 RAF Short SunderlandShort Sunderland
The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber developed for the Royal Air Force by Short Brothers. It took its service name from the town and port of Sunderland in northeast England....
IV/Seaford I S-45 NJ203. 1947 Converted to Short Solent
Short Solent
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3 by Short Bros Belfast. 1949 BOAC
Boac
Boac may refer to:* Boac, Marinduque, a municipality in the Southern Philippines* Boac , an American rapper* British Overseas Airways Corporation, a former British state-owned airline...
G-AKNP “City of Cardiff". 1951 Trans Oceanic Airways of Australia as VH-TOB "Star of Papua". 1953 South Pacific Air Lines
South Pacific Air Lines
South Pacific Air Lines was an airline headquartered in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The airline began service from Honolulu to Tahiti on April 2, 1960. In 1963 its fleet consisted of two L.1049A Super Constellations....
as N9946F "Isle of Tahiti". Last flew 1958. 1958 Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...
- Hughes Tool Company
Hughes Tool Company
Hughes Tool Company was established in 1908 as Sharp-Hughes Tool Company when Howard R. Hughes, Sr. patented a roller cutter bit that dramatically improved the rotary drilling process for oil drilling rigs. He partnered with longtime business associate Walter Benona Sharp to manufacture and market...
. Since 1990 On display at the Oakland Aviation Museum
Oakland Aviation Museum
Oakland Aviation Museum, formerly called Western Aerospace Museum, was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization operating an aviation museum located at North Field of Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California. It has over 30 vintage and modern airplanes, both civilian and military,...
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External links
Oakland, California, Aviation Museum have a Seaford (converted to a civilian Solent) on display - http://www.westernaerospacemuseum.org/museum/solent/solent.html