Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6
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| Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Trainer |
| Manufacturer | Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk |
| Primary user | Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service |
| Number built | 2 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1921–22 |
| First flight | 30 April 1921 |
| Retired | May 1927 |
The Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6 was a two-seat biplane floatplane built by the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service aircraft factory Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk in 1921. The M.F.6 was designed and employed as a trainer aircraft. The type was the last pusher configuration aircraft in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service. The M.F.6 functioned as a makeshift solution until a more modern tractor configuration aircraft could be built. The type was retired once a more permanent solution to the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service's training needs was found in mid-1920s.
In the early 1920s the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service discovered that its main trainer type, the Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.4, suffered from weaknesses in the wings. Initially requests for new aircraft were dismissed by the Ministry of Defence, but following the loss of one M.F.4 permission was granted for the construction of two Farman type pusher aircraft as an emergency solution. The Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.6 was the last Maurice Farman type built for the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, as well as the service's last pusher type.[1][2] The M.F.6 was powered by a Beardmore 160 hp engine, imported from the United Kingdom.[3][4] Concurrently with the construction of the M.F.6 another interim aircraft type was designed by Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk for the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, the tractor configuration type Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.7.[1]