The Fairey III was a family of reconnaissance biplanes that had a very long production and service history, built both as landplanes and as seaplanes. Its prototype was the N.10 floatplane, designed and built in 1917 to an Admiralty specification for a carrier-based seaplane for the Royal Naval Air Service, and the type first flew on 14 September 1917. Successive models, including the IIID and the IIIF, were built for the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Air Force and foreign air arms, and examples were still in use during the Second World War.
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designed and built in 1917 by Fairey Aviation
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The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes
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The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes
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First flying on 14 September 1917
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Powerplant: 1 × Napier Lion XI W-12 water-cooled piston engine, 570 hp (430 kW)
Specifications, mass
Empty weight: 3,855 lb (1,749 kg)
Specifications, maximum mass
Gross weight: 6,041 lb (2,740 kg)
Specifications, top speed
Maximum speed: 120 mph (190 km/h, 100 kn)
Design and development
designed and built in 1917 by Fairey Aviation
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testing carried out on a Blackburn Iris V biplane flying-boat aircraft and Fairey IIIF biplane
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