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Short Mayo Composite
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The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane-flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to the United States and the far reaches of the British Empire and the Commonwealth.
The Short Mayo Composite was a long-range airmail
and transport service experiment using a small, fully loaded flying
boat, the Mercury, attached for takeoff to the larger Maia.1
The Short Mayo Composite is the name given to a piggyback
long-range seaplane/flying boat combination produced by Short
Brothers to provide 2
he piloted the Mercury part of the Short Mayo Composite flying-boat
across the Atlantic; this flight earned him the Oswald Watt Gold Medal
for that year.3
in air transport was the 1930s British Short Mayo Composite, in which
a smaller floatplane aircraft, the four-engined "Mercury", was carried
aloft on the back of a larger four-engined flying boat named "Maia";
4
Made by Short Brothers.
The Short Mayo Composite Is the name Given to piggyback a long-range
seaplane / flying boat combination Produced by Short Brothers to
Provide a reliable long-range air transport service 5
The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane/flying
boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable
long-range air transport service to the United States and t...6
The Short Mayo Composite model was constructed in 1938.7
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Royal Air Force
Height Main
32
617.22
Align
left
right
Designer
R. H. Mayo
Length Alt
16
25.9 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
15500.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of seaplanes and flying boats*List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
Range Main
3
900 mi
850 mi
Loaded Weight Main
26800.0
38000.0
Height Alt
6.17 m
9.95 m
Type Of Prop
Radial engine
16
More General
* Normal composite launch weight: 20
800 lb * Record composite launch weight: 26
800 lb
*Takeoff weight : 27
700 lb
Introduced
14
Loading Main
34
Power Main
365 hp
919 hp
Video
British Movietone News film footage
Payload Main
1000.0
Capacity
18
Max Speed Main
200 mph
212 mph
Cruise Speed Main
195 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
7030.0
Ceiling Main
20000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
2
3
Retired
1941
Span Main
114.0
73.0
Cruise Speed Alt
314.0
Area Main
1750.0
611.0
Primary user
Span Alt
22.2 m
34.7 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
272.29
686.0
Engine(prop)
Napier Rapier
Bristol Pegasus XC
Manufacturer
Payload Alt
454.0
Status
First Flight
27
5
National Origin
United Kingdom
Loaded Weight Alt
17252.0
More Performance
366000.0
Image
www.flightglobal.comFlightPDFArchive19381938 - 0599.pdf
Number Of Props
4
Empty Weight Alt
11234.0
4614.0
Length Main
2588.26
51.0
Area Alt
162.5 m2
56.8 m²
Range Alt
1360.0
6240.0
Max Speed Alt
332.0
339.0
Related
* Short Empire* Short S.26
Empty Weight Main
10163.0
24745.0
Ceiling Alt
6
100 m
Width
190
70
Category