Fairey F.2

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The Fairey F.2 was a British fighter prototype in the late 1910s. It was the first aircraft designed entirely by the Fairey Aviation Company.

Development

The F.2 was ordered by the Admiralty in 1916 as a massive three-seat long-range fighter. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Falcon engines, it was a three-bay biplane with a four-wheel "bedstead" main undercarriage, the wings folding aft from a point outboard of the engines. Armament consisted of a .303 Lewis machine gun on a Scarff ring on the extreme nose and a similar installation immediately aft of the wings.

Operational history

The F.2 first flew on 17 May 1917; however by then Admiralty interest in the project had waned. The fighter was found to be hard to handle and slow, and as such no further production was continued.

Operators

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pecifications

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