Engineering:Benoist XV
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| Manufacturer | Benoist |
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| First flight | 1915 |
The Benoist XV, also called Type 15 and Type C, was a small biplane flying boat built by Benoist Aircraft in the United States in 1915, originally to compete for a transatlantic flight prize,[1] an later marketed as an anti-submarine patrol aircraft for the British government, and also to carry paying passengers.[2]
Design and development
Operational history
Benoist built the type XV twin-engine flying boat with hopes to market it as an anti-submarine patrol aircraft for the British government. A round-the-world publicity tour was scheduled and a merger with the Meissner's company to make a thousand examples were in the works when World War I tensions cancelled the efforts.[1]: 20–21 [3]
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Capacity: 5 passenger
- Wingspan: 65 ft 0 in (19.8 m)
- Powerplant: 2 × Roberts pusher engine , 100 hp (75 kW) each
Performance
- Endurance: 40 hours
Armament
Unknown: anti-submarine armaments
See also
- Pusher aircraft
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 E. R. Johnson. American flying boats and amphibious aircraft: an illustrated history.
- ↑ "Secret Projects". https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/benoist-aircraft-1911-1917.23569/.
- ↑ "Aerofiles". http://www.aerofiles.com/_ba.html.
Sources
- "The Benoist Flying Boat". Flight: A Journal Devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport VIIL (15). 13 April 1916. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Flight/vTc6AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&&pg=PA307. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
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