Re Sunderland - Solent survivors

[setter]

Hi everyone

I was just having a discussion on the worldwide population of the breed and as well as the usual suspects there was some discussion as to the American population - particularly in California I thought I had seen mention of one or two being restored by two brothers in Long Beach or in SF - any thoughts .

Regards
John P

[Mark_Pilkington]

Setter,

I understand only one of the two Solents in Richmond USA were saved, details of the total remaining Short flying boats as listed on the "OdProps" census below

http://www.oldprops.f9.co.uk/Sandringha ... graphs.htm


Serial c/n Owner and notes
Sandringham
F-OBIP SH57C Stored by Musee De L'Air at Le Bourget, Paris, France.
VH-BRC SH55C Preserved by Southampton Hall of Aviation, UK.
Solent
N9946F SH1295 Preserved by Western Aerospace Museum, Oakland, California, USA. Painted as NJ203.
ZK-AMO SH1559 Preserved by Museum of Transport, Technology and Social History, Auckland, New Zealand.
Sunderland
ML796 Preserved by Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK.
ML824 Preserved by Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK
N814ML SH974 Preserved by Fanstasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida, USA.
NZ4115 SH1552 Preserved by MoTaT, Auckland, New Zealand.

regards

Mark P

[Cees Broere]

The Richmond Solent was once the property of Howard Hughes I read in FLyPast many moons ago.

Cees

[setter]

Thanks Mark and Cees

I think you are correct, the one I was wondering about was the Richmond one and it was the second one of theseI was concerned about - does anybody know what happened to this one - I assume sadly it was scrapped..

Kindest regards
John P