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The Besson H-6 was a French single-seat
postal flying-boat
A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in that a flying boat's fuselage is purpose-designed for floatation and contains a hull, while floatplanes rely on fusela ...
designed by the
Marcel Besson
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People
* Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel
* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
* Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian ...
company of Boulogne.
Development
The H-6 was a single-seat triplane flying-boat powered by a
Clerget 9B
The Clerget 9B was a nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine of the World War I era designed by Pierre Clerget. Manufactured in both France and Great Britain (Gwynnes Limited), it was used on such aircraft as the Sopwith Camel. The Clerget 9Bf was ...
radial piston engine. The engine was mounted on the leading edge of the centre wing and drove a tractor propeller.
The H-6 was displayed at the 1921
Salon de l'Aeronautique in Paris.
''FLIGHT'', November 24th 1921, photos and text description
Specifications
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Flying boats
1920s French mailplanes
H-6
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Triplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1921
Rotary-engined aircraft