Fairey Fremantle Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Fairey Aviation Co Ltd, Hayes

First Flight:

28 November 1924

Fremantle:

1 - Fairey

Type Specification

Applies to:

Fairey Fremantle

Type:

Long range reconnaissance aircraft

Wing:

Equal span, two bay, unstaggered, biplane. Top centre section carried above fuselage on steel tube struts, with two sets of parallel interplane struts on either side of the fuselage

Fuselage:

Rectangular section structure, covered forward with detachable aluminium panels and aft with fabric

Tail Unit:

Braced monoplane type

Landing Gear:

Twin floats under fuselage with smaller floats at wing tips and tail

Power Plant:

One 650 hp Rolls-Royce Condor III twelve cylinder vee liquid cooled engine in nose

Accommodation:

Open cockpit for pilot forward of wing with open cockpit for navigator aft. Cabin linking cockpits

Span:

69 ft 2 in

Length:

53 ft

Height:

20 ft 3 in

Wing Area:

1,095 sq ft

Loaded:

12,550 lb

Max Speed:

108 mph

Climb:

25 min to 5,000 ft

Preserved in British Museums

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