Porte Baby (No.9800) carrying a Bristol Scout (C3028), RNAS Felixstowe[1]
Role
Military flying boat
Type of aircraft
National origin
United Kingdom
Manufacturer
RNAS Felixstowe (1) May, Harden and May (10)
Designer
John Cyril Porte
First flight
20 November 1915[2]
Introduction
November 1916
Primary users
Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force
Number built
11
The Felixstowe Porte Baby (also known as the Porte F.B.2) was a British reconnaissance flying boat of the First World War, first flying in 1915.
^Chorlton, Martyn, ed. (2012). Aeroplane Collectors' Archive: Golden Age of Flying-boats. Kelsey Publishing Group, Cudham, Kent. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-907426-71-1.
^Chorlton, Martyn, ed. (2012). Aeroplane Collectors' Archive: Golden Age of Flying-boats. Kelsey Publishing Group, Cudham, Kent. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-907426-71-1.
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