Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aircraft. It was particularly notable for its flying boat designs manufactured into the 1950s.
In 1943 Shorts was nationalized and later denationalized, and in 1948 moved from its main base at Rochester, Kent to Belfast. In the 1960s, Shorts mainly produced turboprop airliners, major components for aerospace primary manufacturers, and missiles for the British Armed Forces.
In 1989 Shorts was bought by Canadair, and is today one of the largest manufacturing concerns in Northern Ireland. Prior to that merger, the authorized capital share by the owner was: HM Government, 69.5% (majority share;) Rolls-Royce Ltd, 15.25%; Harland & Wolff Ltd, 15.25%.
The company's products include aircraft components, engine nacelles and aircraft flight control systems for its parent company Canadair, and for De Havilland, Rolls-Royce Ltd., General Electric, and Pratt & Whitney.
Aircraft[]
- Short Empire
- Short Sunderland
- Short G-Class
- Short Stirling
- Short Shetland
- Short Seaford
- Short Solent
- Short Sturgeon
- Short Sealand
- Short Sperrin
- Short Seamew
- Short Paladin
- Short SC.7 Skyvan
- Short Belfast
- Short 330
- Short 360
- Short C-23 Sherpa
- Short Tucano