F5L | |
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General information | |
Type | Military flying boat |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Naval Aircraft Factory (137) Curtiss Aircraft (60) Canadian Aeroplanes Limited (30) |
Designer | |
Primary users | United States Navy |
Number built | 227 |
History | |
Introduction date | November 1918 |
First flight | 15 July 1918[1] |
Retired | 1928 |
Developed from | Felixstowe F.5 |
Variants | Naval Aircraft Factory PN |
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.