FBA 17

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name=Type 17


caption=Viking OO-1 in USCG service
type=Flying boat trainer
manufacturer=FBA
designer=Louis Schreck
first flight=April avyear|1923
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variants with their own articles=The FBA 17 was a training flying boat produced in France in the 1920s. Similar in general layout to the aircraft that FBA had produced during World War I, the Type 17 was a conventional two-bay biplane with unequal-span, unstaggered wings and side-by-side open cockpits. The pusher engine was mounted on struts in the interplane gap. Apart from their use by the French Navy, a small number were sold to the Polish Navy, the Brazilian Air Force, and civil operators as well. Some versions were built as amphibians, and others had fittings to allow them to be catapulted from warships.

In 1931, the US Coast Guard purchased an example for evaluation, and being pleased with the design, arranged for the type to be built under licence by the Viking Flying Boat Company in New Haven, Connecticut. Six aircraft were eventually produced and served with the Coast Guard under the designation OO until the outbreak of World War II.

Variants

FBA 17

Hispano-Suiza 8A-powered versions
* HE 2 - ("Hydravion d'École") 2-seat trainer (over 300 built)
* HL 1 - ("Hydravion de Liaison) 1-seat catapulatable liaison aircraft (1 built)
* HL 2 - 2-seat catapultable liaison aircraft (10 built)
* HMT 2 - ("Hydravion Mixte de Transport") 2-seat amphibious transport aircraft (37 built)
** HMB 2 - 17 HMT 2s already in service with the French Navy, were redesignated HMB 2, after being fitted with a bomb rack on the port side of the hull.
* HMT 4 - 4-seat amphibious transport aircraft (2 built)
* HT 4 - ("Hydravion de Transport") 4-seat transport aircraft (35 built)

FBA 171

Lorraine Mizar-powered version
* HE 2 - 2-seat trainer (1 built)

FBA 172

Gnome et Rhône 5B-powered versions
* HE 2 - 2-seat trainer (5 built)
* HMT 2 - 2-seat amphibious transport aircraft (1 built)
* HT 4 - 4-seat transport aircraft (1 built)
* Type 172/2 - The HT.4 was redesignated Type 172/2, after it was fitted with extra fuel tanks.

Viking-built versions

* V-2 - French-built 17 HT 4 converted to 2-seaters (4 converted)
* OO-1 - longer-span, Wright R-760-powered version of V-2 produced for USCG (5 built)

Operators

;BRA
*Brazilian Air Force;FRA
*French Navy;POL
*Polish Navy;USA
*United States Coast Guard

pecifications (17 HE 2)

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empty weight lb=1,875
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References

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* [http://www.aviafrance.com/constructeur.php?ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=491 aviafrance.com]
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/flyboat/fba17.html Уголок неба]