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The Felixstowe F.2 was a 1917 British flying boat class designed and developed by Lieutenant Commander John Cyril Porte RN at the naval air station, Felixstowe during the First World War adapting a larger version of his superior Felixstowe F.1 hull design married with the larger Curtiss H-12 flying boat.
The F.5 did not enter service until after the end of the First World War but replaced the earlier Felixstowe boats (together with the Curtiss machines) to serve as the Royal Air Force's (RAF) standard flying boat until being replaced by the Supermarine Southampton in 1925.
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. A civilian version of the aircraft was known as the Aeromarine 75.
The Felixstowe F.1 was a British experimental flying boat designed and developed by Lieutenant Commander John Cyril Porte RN at the naval air station, Felixstowe based on the Curtiss H-4 with a new hull. [2] Its design led to a range of successful larger flying boats that was assistance in promoting Britain as a leader in this field of aviation ...
The Felixstowe F.4 Fury [2] (serial N123), also known as the Porte Super-Baby, was a large British, five-engined triplane flying-boat designed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, inspired by the Wanamaker Triplane/Curtiss Model T.
Building Britain’s WW1 flying boat fleet: Article concerning the development and manufacture of Felixstowe flying boats. WW1 Flying boat crew: Article about air crew and operating procedures on North Sea patrols. Flying boats over the Heligoland Bight: Article exploring the use of seaplane lighters in combined operations with the Harwich Force
Felixstowe F.3 G-EAQT (c/n S.6907): Article describing an attempt and proposal to establish commercial flying boat services in Australia between 1919 and 1921 using the Felixstowe F3. The First Trans-Canada Flight: Photographs including the Felixstowe F.3 flown by Leckie and Hobbs during October 1920 and their stop in Selkirk, Manitoba.
The Felixstowe Porte Baby (also known as the Porte F.B.2) was a British reconnaissance flying boat of the First World War, first flying in 1915. Design and development [ edit ]