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Short Sunderland (AP1566). (Suffixes A through E for Mk I through V, -PN and Vols 1 through 4 for Pilots Notes, General Description, Maintenance, Overhaul and Parts Manuals). London: RAF (Air Publication), 1945. Simper, Robert. River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham, Suffolk, UK: Creekside Publishing, 1998. ISBN 978-0-9519927-7-7. Southall, Ivan ...
A Sunderland Mk III parked up at Hobsonville, December 1944. One Sunderland, NZ4103, was converted for civilian operations in January 1946 and soon afterwards, two of the others were used for training of Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) flight crew, preparing them for the airline's newly acquired Short Sandringham flying boats ...
The prototype XPB2Y-4 was powered by four Wright R-2600 radials and offered improved performance, but the increases were not enough to justify a full fleet update. However, most PB2Y-3 models were converted to the PB2Y-5 standard, with the R-1830 engines replaced with single-stage R-1830-92 models.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 00:29, 5 February 2013: 800 × 536 (61 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945.''<br/> Short Sunderland Mark IIIs of No. 230 Squadron RAF undergo an engine-change (foreground) and other overhauls, on a trackway at Koggala, Ceylon.}} |author ...
A V4 engine is a four-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. The V4 engine is less common compared to straight-four engines . However, V4 engines have been used in automobiles, motorcycles, and other applications.
An illustration of several key components in a typical four-stroke engine. For a four-stroke engine, key parts of the engine include the crankshaft (purple), connecting rod (orange), one or more camshafts (red and blue), and valves. For a two-stroke engine, there may simply be an exhaust outlet and fuel inlet instead of a valve system.
The squadron was re-formed at RAF Pembroke Dock on 16 January 1941 from part of 210 Squadron, initially with three Short Sunderland flying boats. Moved to Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 17 March 1941; Moved to Gambia in March 1943, with detachments to Sierra Leone, Dakar and Liberia; Disbanded on 30 June 1945
In contrast, by the end of production over 30,000 Pegasus engines had been built. Aircraft applications ranged from single-engine biplanes to the four-engined Short Sandringham and Sunderland flying boats. Several altitude and distance records were set by aircraft using the Pegasus.