Private company
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk
Norwegian aircraft manufacturing company from 1915 to 1940
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk - The Navy's Flying Boat Factory - was the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service' aeroplane manufacturer. It was established in Horten in 1915 and produced 120 aircraft from then until it ceased to exist in 1940.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryaircraft industry, weapons industry1
- HeadquartersHorten Municipality1
- Founded inHorten Municipality1
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Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk - The Navy's Flying Boat Factory - was the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service' aeroplane manufacturer. It was established in Horten in 1915 and produced 120 aircraft from then until it ceased to exist in 1940.2
Products and brands
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 torpedoes.
M.F.4, the first purpose-built trainer aircraft also developed from the Farman MF.11
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M.F.5, the first Norwegian tractor 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, reconnaissance
1 M.F.12, monoplane trainer
Built under license
8 Sopwith Baby
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 as the Kjeller F.F.8 Make III.
From Wikipedia’s article on Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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Links
- WikipediaMarinens Flyvebaatfabrikk
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5257681
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