FBA Type A

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type=Reconnaissance flying boat
manufacturer=FBA
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variants with their own articles=The FBA Type A and the almost identical Type B and C were a family of reconnaissance flying boats produced in France immediately prior to and during World War I. The design was based on patents by Donnet-Lévêque and reflected the general configuration of that company's aircraft. The Type A was a biplane flying boat of conventional configuration with equal-span unstaggered wings. The pilot and observer shared an open cockpit.

The earliest examples sold entered service with the Austro-Hungarian Navy and Danish Navy prior to World War I, but large-scale use began with sales to the RNAS, Aéronautique Maritime, and Italian Navy in 1915.

Variants

* Type A - powered by Gnome Omega
* Type B - powered by Gnome 9B-2
* Type C - powered by Clerget 9B
** Type 11 HE.2 - two-seat elementary flying-boat.
** Type 14 - Two-seat training flying-boat for the French Navy. 20 built.
* Type S - lengthened hull and wings, powered by Hispano-Suiza 8B

Operators

;flag|Austria-Hungary
*"Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine";BRA
*Two Type B aircraft.;DNK
*Danish Navy;FRA
*"Aéronautique Maritime";flag|Italy|1861-state
*Italian Navy;POR
*Three Type B aircraft.;RUS;UK
*Royal Naval Air Service

pecifications (Type C)

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References

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* [http://www.aviafrance.com/constructeur.php?ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=491 aviafrance.com]