This weekend the Wight Aviation Museum will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat.
The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess was a British flying boat aircraft developed and built by Saunders-Roe at their Cowes facility on the Isle of Wight.
It has the distinction of being the largest all-metal flying boat to have ever been constructed.
Carrying up to 100 passengers
The Princess had been developed to serve as a larger and more luxurious successor to the pre-war commercial flying boats, such as the Short Empire.
It was intended to serve the transatlantic route, carrying up to 100 passengers between Southampton, United Kingdom and New York City, United States in spacious and comfortable conditions.
Where and when
Come and find out more about the Princess at the Wight Aviation Museum, Sandown Airport between 10am and 3pm on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August 2022.
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