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219:(TEAL) operated four Solent IVs and one Solent II between 1949 and 1960 on their scheduled routes between Sydney, Fiji, Auckland and Wellington. The last TEAL Solent service was flown between Fiji and Tahiti on 14 September 1960 by ZK-AMO, RMA
561:. Around 20 minutes later, the crew reported the failure of number 4 engine and turned back. Soon after, number 3 engine also stopped and around one minute after the radio report, the aircraft crashed into a chalk quarry near
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901:: 971. 28 September 1933. No. 2585
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873:"45 Dead in Flying Boat Crash".
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2235:Silver Streak
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2054:Sporting Type
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2029:Silver Streak
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1159:
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1156:Sporting Type
1154:
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2556:Flying boats
2474:
2455:Scion Senior
2420:Short Empire
2336:Sturgeon (I)
2141:
2134:
2127:
2069:Sturgeon (I)
2043:
1974:Scion Senior
1647:
1116:Biplane No.3
1111:Biplane No.2
1106:Biplane No.1
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335:Cook Islands
315:
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220:
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207:Johannesburg
200:
194:
179:
172:
167:
141:
121:Short Solent
120:
118:
100:First flight
83:Number built
59:Manufacturer
33:
21:S.45A Solent
15:
2445:Sandringham
2215:SB.4 Sherpa
2094:Triple-Twin
2084:Tandem-Twin
1954:Sandringham
1838:SD.3-60/360
1833:SD.3-30/330
1141:Tandem-Twin
1136:Triple-Twin
673:Performance
657:Powerplant:
621:34 ft
470:New Zealand
323:New Zealand
316:Coral Route
203:Southampton
195:Southampton
125:flying boat
2540:Categories
2396:Transports
2346:Sunderland
2079:Sunderland
1999:'Shamrock'
930:11 October
905:10 October
858:11 October
639:Wing area:
559:Las Palmas
413:Solent III
370:California
286:on display
274:on display
211:Avro Yorks
2360:Trainers:
2331:Springbok
2311:Singapore
2306:'G-Class'
2244:Fighters:
2120:Airships:
2059:Springbok
2034:Singapore
1964:Satellite
1904:'G-Class'
1864:'C-Class'
1648:S.45 (II)
1414:Post-1921
1172:sequence:
1170:Early 'S'
1126:Dunne D.5
1024:0143-5450
875:The Times
613:Wingspan:
601:Capacity:
581:Data from
450:Australia
436:Operators
425:Solent IV
397:Solent II
177:engines.
2470:Shetland
2382:Sturgeon
2326:Shetland
2321:Sarafand
2283:Crusader
2260:Gliders:
2184:Sturgeon
2179:Stirling
2152:Bombers:
2064:Stirling
2024:'Shrimp'
2014:Shetland
1959:Sarafand
1899:'Folder'
1889:Crusader
1884:Cromarty
1869:Calcutta
1681:sequence
1643:S.45 (I)
1416:sequence
1099:Pre-1921
1093:aircraft
1046:Archived
802:14 March
563:Chessell
391:Variants
351:Auckland
320:Auckland
309:Rose Bay
299:between
246:and the
2490:Valetta
2465:Sealand
2425:G-Class
2415:Belfast
2351:Seaford
2316:Rangoon
2276:Racers:
2251:Gurnard
2174:Sperrin
2113:By type
2104:Valetta
2049:Sperrin
1989:Sealand
1984:Seaford
1949:Rangoon
1929:Mercury
1914:Gurnard
1874:Chamois
1854:Belfast
1678:S.B.A.C
823:, 2009.
630:⁄
619:Height:
607:Length:
555:Madeira
366:Oakland
244:Madeira
95:History
38:Funchal
2485:Skyvan
2480:Sherpa
2475:Solent
2460:Scylla
2387:Tucano
2267:Nimbus
2164:Seamew
2159:Bomber
2099:Tucano
2044:Solent
2039:Skyvan
1994:Seamew
1979:Scylla
1944:Nimbus
1939:Mussel
1894:Empire
1879:Cockle
1859:Bomber
1151:Bomber
1022:
1001:
982:
894:Flight
778:Flight
750:Flight
735:Flight
692:Range:
551:Lisbon
516:
489:
467:
447:
343:Tahiti
293:Aranui
272:Aranui
221:Aranui
168:Aranui
34:Sydney
2450:Scion
2430:Hythe
2169:Shirl
2019:Shirl
1969:Scion
1847:Names
1668:S.312
1463:S.8/8
711:Notes
595:Crew:
380:matte
339:Tonga
331:Samoa
318:from
2435:Kent
2377:S.38
2367:S.27
2230:SC.9
2225:SC.1
2220:SB.5
2210:SB.1
1934:Maia
1919:Kent
1828:SD.2
1823:SD.1
1818:SC.9
1813:SC.8
1808:SC.7
1803:SC.6
1798:SC.5
1793:SC.4
1788:SC.3
1783:SC.2
1778:SC.1
1773:SB.9
1768:SB.8
1763:SB.7
1758:SB.6
1753:SB.5
1748:SB.4
1743:SB.3
1738:SB.2
1733:SB.1
1728:SA.9
1723:SA.8
1718:SA.7
1713:SA.6
1708:SA.5
1703:SA.4
1698:SA.3
1693:SA.2
1688:SA.1
1663:S.48
1658:S.47
1653:S.46
1638:S.44
1633:S.43
1628:S.42
1623:S.41
1618:S.40
1613:S.39
1608:S.38
1603:S.37
1598:S.36
1593:S.35
1588:S.34
1583:S.33
1578:S.32
1573:S.31
1568:S.30
1563:S.29
1558:S.28
1553:S.27
1548:S.26
1543:S.25
1538:S.24
1533:S.23
1528:S.22
1523:S.21
1518:S.20
1513:S.19
1508:S.18
1503:L.17
1498:S.17
1493:S.16
1488:S.15
1483:S.14
1478:S.12
1473:S.11
1468:S.10
1320:N.2B
1315:N.2A
1310:N.1B
1294:S.81
1289:S.80
1284:S.62
1279:S.53
1274:S.52
1269:S.51
1264:S.50
1259:S.49
1254:S.48
1249:S.45
1244:S.44
1239:S.43
1234:S.41
1229:S.39
1224:S.38
1219:S.36
1214:S.35
1209:S.34
1204:S.33
1199:S.32
1194:S.29
1189:S.28
1184:S.27
1179:S.26
1020:ISSN
999:ISBN
980:ISBN
932:2019
907:2019
860:2019
804:2015
752:1948
659:4 ×
557:and
549:for
341:and
327:Fiji
307:and
297:TEAL
148:TEAL
146:and
144:BOAC
119:The
76:TEAL
72:BOAC
50:Type
2410:360
2405:330
2142:R38
2135:R32
2128:R31
1458:S.8
1453:S.7
1448:S.6
1443:S.5
1438:S.4
1433:S.3
1428:S.2
1423:S.1
1401:830
1396:827
1391:320
1386:310
1381:301
1376:184
1371:166
1366:136
1361:135
1325:N.3
364:in
349:in
325:to
303:on
205:to
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