The Short Hythe was a civil conversion of the Short Sunderland III
patrol flying boat of WW2 fame. A number of Sunderlands served
BOAC from 1943, and 22 of them were converted to proper airlines in 1946.
Many of them were taken over by Aquila Airways in 1948-49, and served
into the 1950's.
For FS2004 only, FSX users should download Hythe_V10X.zip instead.