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Aeromarine 700

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Model 700
General information
TypeFloatplane
National originUnited States of America
ManufacturerAeromarine
Primary userUS Navy
Number built2[1]
History
First flight1917

The Aeromarine 700 was an early US Navy seaplane developed in 1917 to investigate the feasibility of using aircraft to launch torpedoes. The aircraft itself was a large biplane of conventional three-bay configuration equipped with two pontoons, powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Aeromarine K-6. Only six examples were built (AS142-AS144, all of which were damaged early on, with parts of AS143 being used to repair AS440 of the 2nd batch , AS439-AS441.

Operators

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 United States
US Navy

References

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  • Taylor, J. H. (ed) (1989) Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions: London. p. 29