On Sat, 3 Jan 2015 00:57:55 +0000, Savageduck wrote
(in article <2015010216575555439-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>):
>> There are a couple of things about this aircraft which make me think it is a
>> Short 166. Can anyone confirm this (or mock my ignorance)?
>
> Google is your friend, and your intuition comes through as correct.
Actually I had done a search but Short's 'folder' seaplanes all look much the
same to me. I reckoned it was a 166 for two reasons:
(1) the national marking is a Union flag rather than a roundel, making it, I
(2) the fragment of the serial showing in the photo which Mitchell posted
looks like it could include a '6' followed by a '4' and No 164 was a 166.
However, none of that is conclusive, hence my question.
As a footnote, I was surprised to see that some UK aircraft apparently used
the flag as the national marking as late as 1916; I thought that had changed
by late 1914/early 1915.
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