Saunders Medina

A.4 Medina
Role	Ten-passenger flying boat
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	S.E. Saunders Limited
First flight	November 1926
Retired	Scrapped 1929
Status	Withdrawn from use
Number built	1

The Saunders A.4 Medina was a British flying boat built by S.E. Saunders at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

The Medina was built for the Air Council between 1925 and 1926 and was a plywood-covered wooden flying boat powered by two 450 hp Bristol Jupiter VI radial engines mounted onto and slung from the top wings. It was an inverted sesquiplane, with the upper wing smaller than the lower wing, using Warren-type interplane struts. It had a crew of two and room for ten passengers. Only one Medina was built, registered G-EBMG, first flying in November 1926. It proved disappointing, having poor water handling, with its hull being prone to leaks. It was withdrawn from use and scrapped in 1929.

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