Felixstowe F5L

F5L
Curtiss F5L patrol plane at Pensacola Naval Air Station
General information
TypeMilitary flying boat
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerNaval Aircraft Factory (137)
Curtiss Aircraft (60)
Canadian Aeroplanes Limited (30)
Designer
Primary usersUnited States Navy
Number built227
History
Introduction dateNovember 1918
First flight15 July 1918[1]
Retired1928
Developed fromFelixstowe F.5
VariantsNaval 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.

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