Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk - ''The Navy's Flying Boat Factory'' - was the

Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service The Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service ( no, Marinens flyvevesen) was alongside the Norwegian Army Air Service the forerunner to the modern-day Royal Norwegian Air Force. History The RNNAS was established on 1 June 1912,Official Norwegian Defence ...

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manufacturer. It was established in

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

in 1915 and produced 120 aircraft from then until it ceased to exist in 1940.

Aircraft produced

Local designs

* M.F.1, a development of the Maurice Farman MF.7 floatplane, type 1914, six built. * M.F.2, a development of the Maurice Farman MF.11 floatplane, could carry two 50 kg mines/bombs, radio and machine gun. * M.F.3, further development of the MF.11, carried out the first RNoN aircraft test with

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. * M.F.4, the first purpose-built trainer aircraft also developed from the Farman MF.11 * M.F.5, the first Norwegian

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aircraft * M.F.6. a trainer and the last Farman pusher built by the factory * M.F.7, trainer *8 M.F.8, trainer *10 M.F.9, fighter *4 M.F.10, trainer *29 M.F.11,

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*1 M.F.12,

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trainer

Built under license

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*7 Douglas DT-2B/C * Hansa-Brandenburg Make, a licence-built Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 **6 Make I **24 Make II **11 Make III built at

Kjeller Flyfabrikk Kjeller Flyfabrikk (''Kjeller Aircraft Factory'') a contraction of ''Kjeller Flyvemaskinsfabrik'' (Kjeller Flying machine factory), was a Norwegian manufacturer of military aircraft. It was formally established in 1915, but was active from 1912. ...

as the Kjeller F.F.8 Make III.

External links and references

History of the Royal Norwegian Air Force

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