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The '''FBA 19''' was a flying boat [[bomber]] developed in [[France]] in 1924 by [[Franco-British Aviation]].

== Design ==
Similar in configuration to FBA's wartime designs, it was a conventional [[biplane]] [[flying boat]] with open cockpits for the three crewmembers. Unlike the firm's earlier designs, however, the [[Piston engine|engine]] was mounted tractor-fashion in a streamlined [[nacelle]] mounted in the interplane gap. 

== Operational history ==
The prototype set a world altitude record for its class with a 500&nbsp;kg payload, but despite this performance, the [[French Navy]] did not order it, either in its original form or when it was offered as an amphibian. Another version was built as a commercial transport, but the only example built was sold to Air Union.

==Variants==
;FBA 19 HB.2: (''Hydravion de Bombardement'') -  2-seat reconnaissance bomber; 9 built.
;FBA 19 HMB.2: (''Hydravion Mixte de Bombardement'') -  2-seat amphibian reconnaissance bomber.
;FBA 19 HMT.3: (''Hydravion Mixte de Transport'') -  3-seat amphibian transport; 1 built.<ref name="affba19hmt3">{{cite web|last1=Parmentier|first1=Bruno|title=F.B.A. 19 HMT 3, amphibie de liaison par Aviafrance|url=https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=1768&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=491&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=|accessdate=20 February 2018|location=Paris|language=French|date=20 January 1997}}</ref>

==Operators==
;{{FRA}}
*[[Air Union]]
;{{ROC}}
*Nationalist Chinese Navy

==Specifications (HB.2) ==
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==See also==
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* [[List of Interwar military aircraft]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |page=382 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/flyboat/fba19.html Уголок неба]

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[[Category:1920s French bomber aircraft]]
[[Category:Flying boats]]
[[Category:FBA aircraft]]
[[Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft]]
[[Category:Biplanes]]