Supermarine Sea Eagle
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Supermarine_Sea_Eagle".

The Supermarine Sea Eagle was a British passenger-carrying flying boat designed and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works for its subsidiary, the British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd, to be used on their cross-channel route between Southampton and the Channel Islands and the Continent. Flying commenced on these routes on 25th September 1923, and they were the world's first scheduled passenger air service by flying boat.

Service

One Sea Eagle crashed in May 1924. A second Sea Eagle was lost when it rammed the harbor at St Peter Port, Guernsey, in January, 1927.

The last Sea Eagle was withdrawn from service in 1929.

Variants

The Supermarine Scarab was a military flying-boat, based upon the Sea Eagle, built for the Spanish Naval Air Service for use in the bomber/reconnaissance role. It was fitted with a Lewis machine gun and a bomb load of 450 kg.

Operators

 United Kingdom

• British Marine Air Navigation Co Ltd
• Imperial Airways

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 6 passengers
• Length: 37 ft 4 in (11.37 metres)
• Wingspan: 46 (21 ft 1 in folded) (14 metres)
• Height: 15 ft 11 in (4.85 metres)
• Loaded weight: 6,050 lb (all up) (2,744 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Eagle IX in pusher configuration, 360 hp (268 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 93 mph (150 kph)
• Range: 230 miles (370 km)

See also

• List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

• Imperial Airways
• The Scarab
• Service

This aircraft-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.