Felixstowe F5L
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The twin-engine F5L was one of the Felixstowe F series of flying boats developed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, England, during the First World War for production in America.
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F5L | |
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Curtiss F5L patrol plane at Pensacola Naval Air Station | |
Role | Military flying boat |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Naval Aircraft Factory (137) Curtiss Aircraft (60) Canadian Aeroplanes Limited (30) |
Designer | John Cyril Porte |
First flight | 15 July 1918[1] |
Introduction | November 1918 |
Retired | 1928 |
Primary users | United States Navy Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company (Aeromarine 75) Atlantic Coast Airways Corporation of Delaware |
Number built | 227 |
Developed from | Felixstowe F.5 |
Variants | Naval Aircraft Factory PN |
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A civilian version of the aircraft was known as the Aeromarine 75.