The Saunders-Roe Princess is a British ten engine flying boat that first flew in 1952, designed as a large luxury airliner for British Overseas Airways Corporation on long distance routes. Its huge size and ten Bristol Proteus turboprop engines made it a remarkable engineering achievement, but the rapid rise of long range jet airliners overtook it before it could enter commercial service, and only three were built, with just one ever flying regularly.
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SignificanceLargest all-metal flying boat ever constructed 1 Manufacturer or Builder FAQs
Why did the Saunders-Roe Princess never enter airline service?
Engine problems, rising costs and land-based jet airliners made it obsolete, and only one prototype flew.
Engine problems, rising costs and the rapid rise of land-based jet airliners made the large flying boat concept obsolete. Only one prototype flew before the program was canceled in the mid-1950s. The airframes were left to deteriorate, and they were corroded beyond repair and scrapped in 1967.
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1. Saunders-Roe Princess - Wikipedia
Development, first flight
On 22 August 1952, the first prototype Princess, G-ALUN, conducted its maiden flight
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developed and built by Saunders-Roe at their Cowes facility on the Isle of Wight
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It is the largest all-metal flying boat to have ever been constructed.
In Group: Commercial Flying Boats and Clippers, Lead sentence
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.
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