The Short PD.16, a project for a military or civil freighter, is clearly in the same category as the recently announced Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 series.

In the same class as the A.W.650 was the projected Short PD.16 transport. Design work started on this machine several years ago, and various engines such as the Rolls-Royce Dart and Tyne. Armstrong Siddeley Mamba, Napier Eland, and Bristol Orion and Proteus, were considered as powerplants. Other details are: span 122 ft.; length 87 ft.; and height 23 ft.