FBA-1A | |
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Role | Cabin monoplane |
Manufacturer | Found Brothers Aviation |
Designer | S.R. Found |
First flight | 13 July 1949 |
Number built | 1 |
Variants | Found FBA-2 |
The Found FBA-1 was a 1940s Canadian four-seat cabin monoplane produced by Found Brothers Aviation.
Found Brothers Aviation was formed in 1946 to produce a new design by Captain S.R. Found, the Found FBA-1A. The FBA-1 was a high-wing monoplane powered by a 140 hp (104 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, designed from its inception to be operated on wheels, tundra tires, skis and on floats. [1]
The aircraft first flew on 13 July 1949. It was later developed into an all-metal four/five seater the Found FBA-2.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52 [2]
General characteristics
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