| Manufacturer |
Ahrens Aircraft Inc |
Short Brothers |
| Description |
__NOTOC__ The Ahrens AR 404 was a prototype American civil transport aircraft first flown in 1976, a high-wing monoplane powered by four turboprop engines. |
The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane and flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to North America and, potentially, to other distant places in the British Empire and the Commonwealth. |
| First Flight |
1976-12-01 |
1937-09-05 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1938-07-14 |
| Service End |
|
1941-01-01 |
| Designer |
Ahrens Aircraft Inc |
Arthur Gouge |
| Type |
Civil transport |
Transport seaplane carried to flight altitude by Short S.21 Maia |
| Length (m) |
15.8496 |
15.5448 |
| Height (m) |
5.4864 |
6.096 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Seating |
30 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
351.8797 |
341.1809 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
314.8397 |
313.8221 |
| Min Speed (km/h) |
138.8999 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
5486.4 |
|
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
6.096 |
|
| Capacity Description |
30 passengers |
1000 lb of mail |
| National Origin |
Canada |
United Kingdom |
| Number Built |
2 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
4 × Allison 250-B17B turboprops, 313 kW (420 hp) each |
4 × Napier Rapier VI 16-cylinder "H-block" piston engines, 272 kW (365 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
Imperial Airways, RAF |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahrens_AR_404 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
20.1168 |
22.2504 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
39.2051 |
56.7638 |
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
10.1 |
|
| Aircraft Engine |
Allison Model 250 |
Napier Rapier |
| Number of Engines |
4 |
4 |