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CFS1 FBA Type "C" Flying Boat, armed observer, 1916 - Used for Coastal and Anti-submarine patrol
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CFS1 FBA Type "C" Flying Boat, armed observer, 1916 - Used for Coastal and Anti-submarine patrol
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Originally based on the 1914 Donnet-Lévêque Type "A" flying boat, the FBA Type "C" flying boat was built in 1916 by Louis Schreck of Franco-British Aviation. It was equipped with a 130 Hp Clerguet 9B rotary engine, (animated on the model), with a top speed was 59 knots (87 mph). Over 300 units were built. Rugged and reliable, they were used extensively during the first half of WWI, for coastal and anti-submarine patrol in the North Sea, armed with a...
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