View Full Version : ZK-AMO “Aranui” SH.1559 is 70 years old
Kiwithrottlejockey
1st Dec 2019, 02:58
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/117788173/solent-flying-boat-restored-at-aucklands-motat-70-years-on-from-maiden-voyage
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1240x700/1575065649154_a1df2e74f72d91b4352956abcfa4da3eff9912ec.jpg
India Four Two
1st Dec 2019, 04:01
Magnificent. I’ll have to get back to MOTAT soon, if I can find my way there. Last time, about 10 years ago, I got lost. Auckland was a difficult city to drive around in pre-GPS days!
Thanks for that. Lovely to see, and a nostalgic video. For those in the UK who want to see a flying boat, there is a "Sandringham" (not a Solent) in the Solent Air Museum in Southampton. I've not been for many years, but looking at their website, the collection has expanded tremendously.
https://www.solentsky.org/exhibitions
DaveReidUK
1st Dec 2019, 08:33
For those in the UK who want to see a flying boat, there is a "Sandringham" (not a Solent) in the Solent Air Museum in Southampton.
Plus, of course, the Sunderlands at Hendon and Duxford.
Kiwithrottlejockey
1st Dec 2019, 08:59
Short S.45A Solent 4, ZK-AMO “Aranui” SH.1559 was actually the very last four-engine flying boat built by Shorts.
Truly the end of a very distinguished line and it is great that it has been preserved in a museum.
Here is a thread I posted several years ago after I crawled all though “Aranui” and took a number of photographs of the interior while major restoration work was being undertaken...
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/525730-short-s-45a-solent-mk-4-sh-1559-zk-amo-aranui.html