FS98/FS2000 Short S.45 Solent III flying Boat
N9946F "Isle of Tahiti" South Pacific Air Lines
LTD (SPAL) By Harry Follas Flight model by Brian
Horsey. SPAL purchased 3 former BOAC Solent IIIs
with the intention of flying services from Honolulu
via Christmas Island to Tahiti. Although
proving flights were successfully flown, the service
was awarded to Pan Am at the 11th hour.