Short Valetta

S.11 Valetta
Role	Passenger monoplane
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Short Brothers
First flight	21 May 1930
Number built	1

The Short S.11 Valetta was a 1930s British passenger monoplane designed and built by Short Brothers at Rochester.

Development

Designed and built for the Air Ministry to enable comparisons between a floatplane/landplane and a flying boat. The Valetta was a monoplane powered by three Bristol Jupiter XIF engines and first flown on 21 May 1930 as a floatplane. It had room for two crew and 16 passengers. In July 1931 it left Rochester on an African survey flight flown by Sir Alan Cobham, it returned to Rochester in September 1931 after flying 12,300 miles. The aircraft last flew as a floatplane in November 1931 and was converted to a landplane. It then underwent trials with Imperial Airways and the Air Ministry before being withdrawn from use and used by the Royal Air Force as an instructional aircraft at RAF Halton.

Specifications (floatplane)

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 16 passengers

Performance

See also

Related lists

• List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• A flight in the Short "Valetta", Flight, October 3, 1930