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==Specifications (Short Stirling I)== [[File:Short Stirling.svg|thumb|3-view drawing of Short Stirling Mark I, with profile of the glider-tug/transport Mark IV.]] {{Aircraft specs |ref=''The Short Stirling, Aircraft in Profile Number 142'',<ref name = "norris 14"/> ''Flight International''<ref name="Flight42-98">{{Harvnb|''Flight'' 29 January 1942|p=98}}</ref> |prime units?=imp <!-- General characteristics --> |crew= 7 (First and second pilot, navigator/bomb aimer, front gunner/WT operator, two air gunners, and flight engineer)<ref name = "flight 100"/> |length ft=87 |length in=3 |length note=<ref name="Flight42-98"/> |span ft=99 |span in=1 |span note=<ref name="Flight42-98"/> |height ft=22 |height in=9 |height note=<ref name="Flight42-98"/> |wing area sqft=1460 |wing area note=<ref name="Flight42-98"/> |aspect ratio=6.5:1 |airfoil= |empty weight lb=49600 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb=59400 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb=70000 |max takeoff weight note=<ref name=Buttler113>{{Harvnb|Buttler|2004|p=113}}</ref> |fuel capacity= |more general= <!-- Powerplant --> |eng1 number=4 |eng1 name=[[Bristol Hercules XI]] |eng1 type=14-cylinder air-cooled sleeve-valve radial piston engines |eng1 hp=1500 |prop blade number=3<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop name=metal fully feathering constant-speed propeller |prop dia m=<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop dia ft=13<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop dia in=6<!-- propeller aircraft --> |prop note= <!-- Performance --> |max speed mph=282 |max speed note= at {{convert|12500|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=Buttler113/> |cruise speed mph=200 |cruise speed note=<ref name=Buttler113/> |range miles=2330 |combat range km= |combat range miles= |combat range nmi= |endurance=<!-- if range unknown --> |ceiling ft=16500 |g limits=<!-- aerobatic --> |roll rate=<!-- aerobatic --> |climb rate ftmin=800 |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |more performance= <!-- Armament --> |guns= 8 x [[0.303 British|0.303 in (7.7 mm)]] [[M1919 Browning machine gun|Browning machine guns]]: 2 in powered nose turret, 4 in tail turret, 2 in dorsal turret |bombs= Up to {{convert|14,000|lb|kg}} of bombs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbramptonwytonhenlow/aboutus/shortstirling.cfm |title=Short Stirling |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826060701/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbramptonwytonhenlow/aboutus/shortstirling.cfm|archive-date=26 August 2009 |work=Pathfinder Museum |publisher=RAF |access-date= 27 December 2009}}</ref> |avionics= }}
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