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Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Original Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Generic Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Collection:Ulster Aviation Society Collection
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:495202Submit Correction
View count: 244
This is the sole Sherpa ever built, the aircraft having been developed to test an aeroisoclinic wing design, which it was hoped would be suitable for use on tailless aircraft designs. Its most notable feature was that the wingtips, comprising of about one-fifth of the total wing area, could pivot and acted as control surfaces. The wing now fitted is a replica, the original having been discarded many years ago.
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Original Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Generic Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Collection:Ulster Aviation Society Collection
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:495202Submit Correction
View count: 244
This is the sole Sherpa ever built, the aircraft having been developed to test an aeroisoclinic wing design, which it was hoped would be suitable for use on tailless aircraft designs. Its most notable feature was that the wingtips, comprising of about one-fifth of the total wing area, could pivot and acted as control surfaces. The wing now fitted is a replica, the original having been discarded many years ago.
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Long Kesh (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2022
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Original Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Generic Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:SBAC Farnborough 1954
Photo Date:11 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:11140Submit Correction
View count: 337
The sole Short Sherpa demonstrating at the 1954 Farnborough SBAC show. It was an aerodynamic research aircraft with aeroisoclinic swept wings. Later to G-36-1. Its fuselage survives in storage.
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Original Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Generic Type:Short SB-4 Sherpa
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:SBAC Farnborough 1954
Photo Date:11 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:11140Submit Correction
View count: 337
The sole Short Sherpa demonstrating at the 1954 Farnborough SBAC show. It was an aerodynamic research aircraft with aeroisoclinic swept wings. Later to G-36-1. Its fuselage survives in storage.
Registration / Serial:G-14-1
Aircraft Version:Short SB-4 Sherpa
C/n (msn):SH.1604
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 1954
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield