Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen

Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturing company. It was founded in 1912 in Friedrichshafen, Germany by Theodor Kober who had previously worked for the Zeppelin company. The town, which was located by the Bodensee, was already famous in aviation circles as the place where Zeppelin airships were built. During the First World War, Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen mainly built seaplanes for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung units of the Imperial German Navy, and a highly successful series of land based medium bombers for the Imperial Air Service under the aegis of head designer Karl Gehlen.

After the Armistice, the company took over the old Zeppelin shed at Manzell. They would also start production in Weingarten and Warnemünde. When the company failed in 1923, their production facilities were taken over by Dornier Flugzeugwerke.

References

Terry C. Treadwell (15 December 2010). German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-4456-3702-0.

Aircraft produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen

Manufacturer designations	FF.1 FF.2 FF.4 FF.7 FF.8 FF.9 FF.11 FF.15 FF.17 FF.19 FF.21 FF.27 FF.29 FF.31 FF.33 FF.34 FF.35 FF.36 FF.37 FF.38 FF.39 FF.40 FF.41 FF.43 FF.44 FF.45 FF.46 FF.48 FF.49 FF.53 FF.54 FF.55 FF.59 FF.60 FF.61 FF.62 FF.63 FF.64 FF.66 FF.67 FF.71

Idflieg designations	C.I D.I D.II G.I G.II G.III G.IV G.V G.VI N.I

Fairchild Aircraft

Subsidiaries	Dornier Flugzeugwerke AMC-5 Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen Dornier Viper Faint Object Camera Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen Project 621 Zündapp Janus Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. Hiller Aircraft Kreider-Reisner Kreider-Reisner Midget Meyers Midget Ranger/Fairchild Engines AUM-N-2 Petrel Republic Aircraft

Products	International Cometary Explorer SAM-N-2 Lark XSM-73 Goose

People	Claude Dornier Sherman Fairchild Stanley Hiller

Related	Elbit Systems Hiller Aviation Museum M7 Aerospace United Helicopters

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