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Neither of Saunders-Roe’s two commercial jet flying boat projects, the P131 and P192, saw the light of day — but the concepts in themselves were impressive SARO JET FLYING BOATS After the Second World War, the future of British flying boats looked bleak. However, while Blackburn and Short Brothers turned their attentions mostly towards landplanes, Saunders-Roe continued to persevere with major new flying boat projects. Henry Knowler had been the Saro chief designer since 1927, having previously worked at English