FBA 19

The FBA 19 was a flying boat bomber developed in France in 1924 by Franco-British Aviation.

Design Similar in configuration to FBA's wartime designs, it was a conventional biplane flying boat with open cockpits for the three crewmembers. Unlike the firm's earlier designs, however, the engine was mounted tractor-fashion in a streamlined nacelle mounted in the interplane gap.

Operational history The prototype set a world altitude record for its class with a payload, but despite this performance, the French Navy did not order it, either in its original form or when it was offered as an amphibian. Another version was built as a commercial transport, but the only example built was sold to Air Union.

Variants FBA 19 HB.2 (Hydravion de Bombardement) - 2-seat reconnaissance bomber; 9 built. FBA 19 HMB.2 (Hydravion Mixte de Bombardement) - 2-seat amphibian reconnaissance bomber. FBA 19 HMT.3 (Hydravion Mixte de Transport) - 3-seat amphibian transport; 1 built.

Operators

Air Union

Nationalist Chinese Navy

Specifications (HB.2)

FBA 19

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