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The FBA 19 was a flying boat bomber developed in France in 1924 by Franco-British Aviation.

Type 19
Role Flying boat bomber
Manufacturer FBA
First flight 24 August 1924
Number built 10

Design


Similar in configuration to FBA's wartime designs, it was a conventional biplane flying boat with open cockpits for the three crewmembers. Unlike the firm's earlier designs, however, the engine was mounted tractor-fashion in a streamlined nacelle mounted in the interplane gap.


Operational history


The prototype set a world altitude record for its class with a 500 kg payload, but despite this performance, the French Navy did not order it, either in its original form or when it was offered as an amphibian. Another version was built as a commercial transport, but the only example built was sold to Air Union.


Variants


FBA 19 HB.2
(Hydravion de Bombardement) - 2-seat reconnaissance bomber; 9 built.
FBA 19 HMB.2
(Hydravion Mixte de Bombardement) - 2-seat amphibian reconnaissance bomber.
FBA 19 HMT.3
(Hydravion Mixte de Transport) - 3-seat amphibian transport; 1 built.[1]

Operators


 France
 Republic of China

Nationalist Chinese Navy


Specifications (HB.2)


Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928,[2] Aviafrance:FBA19[3]

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Related lists


References


  1. Parmentier, Bruno (20 January 1997). "F.B.A. 19 HMT 3, amphibie de liaison par Aviafrance" (in French). Paris. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 103c.
  3. Parmentier, Bruno (1 January 1999). "F.B.A. 19, Amphibie de reconnaissance par Aviafrance" (in French). Paris. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

Further reading





На других языках


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Le FBA 19 est un hydravion militaire et civil de l'entre-deux-guerres, produit en France par le constructeur aéronautique Franco-British Aviation Company (FBA).



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