Eastern Suburbs Scale Modelling Club

.: Peter Mckinnon's Short Crusader by Karaya

The Short Crusader was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s built by Short Brothers.

Powered by a Bristol Mercury engine, it was designed under Colonel W.A. Bristow; the detail design work and construction being carried out by Shorts at Rochester.

It was used as a backup and a training aircraft for the RAF High Speed Flight in their bid to win the 1927 Schneider Trophy. It crashed before competing, as a result of the incorrect reassembly of its controls after the trip to Italy.

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