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English: Lieutenant Arthur Longmore (in dark coat walking toward camera at right) immediately after making a water landing on the River Medway in the biplane behind him, the airbag-equipped Improved S.27 series biplane bearing Admiralty number 38 (often called the "Short S.38"). It was the first time a British seaplane had taken off from land and made a successful water landing.
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Source Bruce, J. M., M.A., "The Short Seaplanes, Part 1," Flight, December 14, 1956, p. 922, at Flightglobal.com at http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%201757.html?tracked=1.
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