Fairey Campania

Campania
Fairey F.22 Campania N1006 at Calshot, England
General information
TypeCarrier-borne patrol and reconnaissance aircraft
ManufacturerFairey Aviation
Primary usersRoyal Naval Air Service
Number built62
History
First flight16 February 1917
RetiredAugust 1919

The Fairey Campania was a British ship-borne, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War and Russian Civil War. It was a single-engine, two-seat biplane with twin main floats and backward-folding wings. The Campania was the first aeroplane ever designed specifically for carrier operations.

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