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Type 19
Role	Flying boat bomber
Manufacturer	FBA
First flight	24 August 1924
Number built	10

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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. The prototype set a world altitude record for its class with a 500 kg 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 only one machine was sold (to Air Union).

Variants

HB 2 (Hydravion de Bombardement) - 2-seat bomber
HMB 2 (Hydravion Mixte de Bombardement) - 2-seat amphibian bomber
HMT 3 (Hydravion Mixte de Transport) - 3-seat amphibian transport

Operators

France

Air Union

Specifications (HB 2)

General characteristics

Crew: two

Performance

References

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 382.
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-The '''FBA 19''' was a flying boat [[bomber]] developed in [[France]] in 1924 by [[Franco-British Aviation]]. 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 [[Piston engine|engine]] was mounted tractor-fashion in a streamlined [[nacelle]] mounted in the interplane gap. The prototype set a world altitude record for its class with a 500&nbsp;kg 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 only one machine was sold (to Air Union).
+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 [[Piston engine|engine]] was mounted tractor-fashion in a streamlined [[nacelle]] mounted in the interplane gap. The prototype set a world altitude record for its class with a 500&nbsp;kg 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 only one machine was sold (to Air Union).
 ==Variants==