Friedrichshafen FF.49 was a German, two-seat, single-engine float-plane designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.
Variants
FF.39:Two-seat reconnaissance float-plane, powered by a Benz Bz.IV water-cooled 6-cylinder piston engine. 14 built.
FF.49b:Two-seat bomber float-plane. 25 built.
FF.49c:Two-seat reconnaissance float-plane.
LFG V 1: Redesigned civil derivative of FF.49c by Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft (LFG) with wider fuselage, modified wing profile and seats for three passengers in raised cabin. Two converted 1919.
LFG V 2: Redesigned civil derivative of FF.49c by LFG with wider fuselage, modified wing profile and seats for five passengers in two cabins. Two converted 1919.
Orlogsværftet HB.II:Seven FF.49s re-conditioned at the Orlogsværftet / Flyvetroppernes Værksteder in Denmark.
Operators
: Royal Danish Navy
Danish Air Lines started operations with a FF.49 equipped to carry two passengers on the CopenhagenâÂÂWarnemünde on 7 August 1920.
: Finnish Air Force (four FF.49C, one FF.49B; in use 1918âÂÂ1923)
: Kaiserliche Marine
Deutsche Luft-Reederei
Luftdeinst
Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft operated LFG V1 and V2s on passenger services between Stralsund and Rügen and joyriding at Baltic beach resorts 1919âÂÂ1920.
Lloyd Luftverkehr Sablatnig
: Royal Netherlands Navy
: (four FF.49C, by A/S Aero)
: Polish Air Force (postwar)
: Swedish Navy (postwar), (two FF.49C, in use 1919âÂÂ1924)
Specifications (FF.49c)
See also
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