Flight Manual for the SARO Princess
Flight Manual for the SARO Princess

SARO SR/45 PRINCESS

$9.95

Title: Saro SR/45 Princess

The Princess was the largest flying boat ever built and produced after WW2 to service transatlantic routes. However, by the time it first flew in 1952 the era of flying boats was ending and there was no market for the type. Only three airframes were built and only one flew. There were no manuals produced for the aircraft, just drafts of some sections of the service and repair manuals. We do have five of seven volumes of a fascinating series of reports produced by SARO for the government, giving a chronological history of the technical and commercial aspects of the project.

This title contains five volumes of the official report on the project, referred to in one volume as the “Princess Bible”, originally confidential and containing considerable commercial information as well as much technical information, including many photographs and drawings, along with a nice full colour brochure on the project. The files have been scanned from the original documents and retain any colour pages.

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This title contains:

  • SARO Report, titled SR/45 Long Range Civil Transport Flying Boat, Volume I “From Inception to 31 October 1947” with approx. 90 pages.
  • SARO Report, titled SR/45 Long Range Civil Transport Flying Boat, Volume II “To April 30 1948” with approx. 133 pages.
  • SARO Report, titled Princess (SR/45) Long Range Civil Transport Flying Boat, Volume V “May 1 1950 to Apr 30 1951” with approx. 145 pages.
  • SARO Report, titled Princess (SR/45) Long Range Civil Transport Flying Boat, Volume VI “May 1 1951 to Apr 30 1952” with approx. 135 pages.
  • SARO Report, titled Princess (SR/45) Long Range Civil Transport Flying Boat, Volume VII “May 1 1952 to Apr 30 1953” with approx. 125 pages. (This covers the end of the project and the storage of the airframes.)
  • Manufacturer’s publicity brochure for the Saro SR/45 Princess, undated with approx. 28 pages.

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