FBA Type A, B, and C
Role Reconnaissance flying boat
Manufacturer FBA
First flight 1913
Number built ca. 1,000

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 an unequal-span pusher two-bay biplane flying boat with a single step hull made of ash longerons covered in 3-ply, divided by bulkheads into eight compartments. The empennage was carried on an upswept curved extension of the hull made from steel tubing. The pilot and observer sat side by side in the open cockpit.[1]

Operational history [link]

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 [link]

  • Type A - powered by Gnome Monosoupape
  • 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 [link]

 Austria-Hungary
 Brazil
  • Two Type B aircraft.
 Denmark
 France
 Italy
 Portugal
  • Three Type B aircraft.
 Russia
 United Kingdom

~116 aircraft[2]

Specifications (Type C) [link]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 9.14 m (30 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.71 m (45 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
  • Gross weight: 910 kg (2,000 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B, 97 kW (130 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 110 km/h (67 mph)
  • Range: 320 km (200 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 3,500[3] m (11,480 ft)

References [link]

Notes
  1. ^ Taylor 1989, p. 381.
  2. ^ Thetford 1982, p. 461.
  3. ^ Angelucci 1983, p. 88.
Bibliography
  • Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989. ISBN 0-517-69186-8.
  • Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft Since 1912. London: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.

External links [link]

Aircraft produced by Franco-British Aviation
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  • Type C
  • Type H
  • Type S
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FBA

FBA may refer to:

  • Fellow of the British Academy
  • Federation of British Artists
  • Federal Bar Association
  • First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Flux Balance Analysis, in chemical engineering/systems biology
  • Freshwater Biological Association
  • Fixed Block Architecture, in computer science
  • Fulfillment by Amazon, Amazon.com's third-party fulfillment service
  • Form-based authentication
  • French BasketBall Association

    • It may also refer to a family of seaplanes and their manufacturer:

  • Franco-British Aviation, aircraft manufacturers, makers of:
  • FBA Type A
  • FBA Type H
  • FBA 17
  • FBA 19
  • FBA 21
  • FBA 290
  • FBA 310
  • Found Brothers Aviation, aircraft manufacturers, makers of:
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    FBA 310

    The FBA Type 310 was a 1930s French touring flying boat or amphibian built by the Franco-British Aviation Company.

    The Type 310 was the last design from FBA and was their only monoplane flying boat. Designed to sell into a growing market for touring flying-boats in the 1920s and 1930s, the 310 was a shoulder-wing flying boat with stabilizing floats attached to the struts that braced the wing to the hull. It was powered by a single 120 hp (89 kW) Lorraine 5Pc radial engine driving a pusher propeller. The engine was strut-mounted above the wing. The cabin accommodated a pilot and two passengers. The proposed price was set as 150000 FRF.

    An amphibian version was also built as the 310/1, but the added weight of the landing gear meant that only one passenger could be carried. Design and development ceased in 1931 with the lack of both orders and funds, and the factory closed in 1934 when the company was sold to Société des Avions Bernard.

    Variants

    Specifications (Type 310)

    Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1634

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    FBA 21

    The FBA 21 and 23 were small flying boat airliners built in France in the mid-1920s. Their development was an attempt by FBA to develop a commercial version of their FBA 19 bomber which had failed to attract orders from military buyers. Retaining the same basic design as their predecessor, the Model 21 added an enclosed cabin for four passengers. Unfortunately for FBA, they aroused as little interest as their military counterparts, and only a handful were built in a number of slight variations, including one example of a dedicated mail plane.

    In 1926, Maurice Noguès had recently joined Compagnie des Messageries Transaériennes (CMT) and was looking for an aircraft to use on a new Paris-Saigon route. Accordingly, FBA rebuilt one of the Type 21s to optimise it for long-distance flight and redesignated it the Type 23. The Vee engine was replaced with a rotary, and the aircraft was generally lightened to allow for greater fuel capacity. Painted bright orange, the aircraft was extensively tested throughout late 1926, and apart from an early mishap while being flown by Noguès himself, flew over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) without incident. Nevertheless, the CMT contract went to the CAMS 53 and no further examples of the type were built.

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