__NOTOC__ The Martinsyde F.1 was a British two-seat biplane fighter designed and built by Martinsyde Limited, only two prototypes were built.

Design and development

The F.1 was designed as a fighter for the Royal Flying Corps and it was a large tractor biplane powered by a Rolls-Royce Mk III piston engine. It had two tandem open cockpits with unusually the observer forward and the pilot behind. A rectangular aperture was cut-out of the upper wing above the observer's cockpit which would allow the observer to use a gun.Bruce 1965, pp. 154, 156. It was tested at

Martlesham Heath Martlesham Heath village is situated 6 miles (10 km) east of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England. This was an ancient area of heathland and latterly the site of Martlesham Heath Airfield. A "new village" was established there in the mid-1970s and t ...

in July 1917, where it demonstrated good handling but was criticised for the awkward crew arrangement. It was not ordered into production and only one prototype (of two ordered) was built. It continued in use at Farnborough until after the end of the war.

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* * * {{Martinsyde aircraft F.1 1910s British fighter aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Biplanes Aircraft first flown in 1917