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Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Mich said:
    OK So VH-ABB "Coolangatta" was a Short type 23 Empire flying boat, and it arrived in Sydney for the first time on its delivery flight April 2 1938. So the 1936 date attributed to this photo would appear to be wrong. www.aussieairliners.org/shortfb/vh-abb/vhabb.html

Seaplanes Rose Bay, Sydney, 1940129

from State Library of New South Wales

  • CORNISHBOY2009 said:
    The Short C class flying boat Cooee as operated by Qantas
  • covid convict said:
    ZK-AMA Tasman Empire Airways Ltd Short S-30 'Aotearoa'

Woman war worker, 1944 / Rob Hillier

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • gourai laid said:
    excellent image
  • Copper Kettle said:
    'Coriolanus' was the last Empire flying boat in operation in the world. It was broken up in Rose Bay during 1948. TYPE; Passenger flying boat AUSTRALIAN SERVICE: 1938-1947 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Britain ENGINES: Four Bristol Pegasus Xc radial piston engines, each of 910 hp / 680 kW at 2470 rpm. DIMENSIONS: Wing span: 114 ft 0 in / 34.77 m. Length: 88 ft 0 in / 26.84 m. Height: 31 ft 9 in / 9.70 m. WEIGHTS: Empty: 24,500 lb / 11,125 kg Loaded: 40,500 lb / 18,338 kg (later, 43,500 lb / 19,750 kg) PERFORMANCE: Max. speed; 174 kts / 321 kph at 5,000 ft. Max. cruise; 142 kts / 264 kph Min. flying speed; 63 kts / 117 kph Rate of climb; 950 ft/min at sea level Absolute ceiling: 20,000 ft. Range in still air: 705 n.mls / 1305 km. CAPACITY: 5 crew, 17 passengers, and 4,480 lb. / 2035 kg of mail. Sleeping accommodation on night flights for 12 passengers.
  • Harmony said:
    Beautiful, the comp is impressive...
  • Agustin Arneodo said:
    muy my interesante!
  • Gabain said:
    very cool capture.