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The '''Benoist XV''', also called '''''Type 15''''', was a small biplane ] built in the United States in 1915 in the hope to market it as an anti-submarine patrol aircraft for the British government, and also to carry paying passengers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secret Projects|url=https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/benoist-aircraft-1911-1917.23569/|access-date=05 January 2025}}</ref> The '''Benoist XV''', also called '''''Type 15''''', was a small biplane ] built in the United States in 1915 in the hope to market it as an anti-submarine patrol aircraft for the British government, and also to carry paying passengers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secret Projects|url=https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/benoist-aircraft-1911-1917.23569/|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>


==Design and development== ==Design and development==
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==Operational history== ==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 ] tensions cancelled the efforts.<ref>{{cite book|title=American flying boats and amphibious aircraft: an illustrated history|author=E. R. Johnson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aerofiles|url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_ba.html|access-date=05 January 2025}}</ref> 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 ] tensions cancelled the efforts.<ref>{{cite book|title=American flying boats and amphibious aircraft: an illustrated history|author=E. R. Johnson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aerofiles|url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_ba.html|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>


==Specifications== ==Specifications==

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XV
General information
TypeAirliner
ManufacturerBenoist
Designer Thomas W. Benoist
Number built1
History
First flight1915

The Benoist XV, also called Type 15, was a small biplane flying boat built in the United States in 1915 in the hope to market it as an anti-submarine patrol aircraft for the British government, and also to carry paying passengers.

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.

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
  1. "Secret Projects". Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. E. R. Johnson. American flying boats and amphibious aircraft: an illustrated history.
  3. "Aerofiles". Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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