Fairey Campania
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The Fairey Campania was a British ship-borne, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War and Russian Civil War. It was a single-engine, two-seat biplane with twin main floats and backward-folding wings. The Campania was the first aeroplane ever designed specifically for carrier operations.[1]
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Fairey F.22 Campania N1006 at Calshot, England | |
Role | Carrier-borne patrol and reconnaissance aircraft |
Manufacturer | Fairey Aviation |
First flight | 16 February 1917 |
Retired | August 1919 |
Primary users | Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force |
Number built | 62[1] |
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