Benoist XV
| XV | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Benoist |
| Designer | |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| 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
The aircraft was a conventional biplane with equal-span unstaggered wings. The engines were mounted above the cockpit beside each other and drove two pusher propellers. Accommodation for the pilot and five passengers was side by side in an open cockpit.
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
References
- Notes
- ^ a b E. R. Johnson. American flying boats and amphibious aircraft: an illustrated history.
- ^ "Secret Projects". Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Aerofiles". Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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. Retrieved 2025-07-24.