Why was sunderland seaplane so named?

Question

Why was sunderland seaplane so named?

Answer 1

it was made by sunderland aeronoughtics ltd

Answer 2

There was an aeroplane factory around there during the inter-war years.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

There seemed to be a few aircraft produced by Short Bros. that were named after towns, other manufacturers named bombers after towns. Post war Short Bros. produced the Belfast transport. A good example of the Sunderland can be seen at Duxford air museum

Answer 5

For example American, German and Italian planes used to have numerical codes for example B-17, B-24, P-51,Me-262, He-177, M.C.205, S.M.79, C.A.N.T. z.1007,  and then official nicknames for example "Flying Fortress", "Liberator", "Mustang", "Schwalbe", "Greif", "Veltro", "Sparviero"[yes, my nick!!, the unofficial nick was "Gobbo", known as "cursed huncback" by british sailors], "Alcione",

British planes used to have names(for example Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Mosquito, Beaufighter) and usually no numbers(except for different series..for example "Mk.XI") following the name of the manufacturer(like Supermarine, Short, Avro, Bristol, Fairey...)

For example Fairey seemed to prefear fish names (with Barracuda, Swordfish, Spearfish) or other sea animals like (Fulmar, Gannet, Seal).

Short seemed to prefear city(or however geographical) names like Stirling, Kent, Sunderland, Calcutta, Shetland(Islands), Seaford, Sandringham, Sperrin(mountains in N.Ireland).

Answer 6

I don't know, but wasn't it a beautiful flying boat anyway

Answer 7

it was named after the town of sunderland

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