The Short Sandringham was an airliner derivative of the Short Sunderland military flying boat. It was used by the BOAC as the Plymouth class and TEAL on the Auckland to Sydney route and flights to Pacific Islands. It was also used in Norway by DNL Norwegian Airlines 1946 - 1952 on the domestic service from Oslo to Tromsø An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft (an aeroplane/airplane) initially designed for the transport of paying passengers, and usually operated by an airline company (which owns or leases the aircraft). ... The Sunderland, S.25, was a flying boat patrol bomber, developed for the Royal Air Force by Short Brothers, based on their successful S.23 Empire flying boats, the flagship of Imperial Airways. ... Boeing 314 A flying boat is an aircraft that is designed to take off and land on water, in particular a type of seaplane which uses its fuselage as a floating hull (instead of pontoons mounted below the fuselage). ... After technical problems with the Comet, BOAC resumed jet service with imported Boeing 707s. ... Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) was the forerunner of Air New Zealand. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... The coat of arms of Sydney Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... County Troms Landscape Municipality NO-1902 Administrative centre Tromsø Mayor (2004) Herman Kristoffersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 18 2,566 km² 2,519 km² 0. ...