Found FBA-1
{{short description|Four-seat Canadian bush airplane}}
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|type = Cabin monoplane
|manufacturer = Found Brothers Aviation
|designer = S.R. Found
|first_flight = 13 July 1949
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The Found FBA-1 was a 1940s Canadian four-seat cabin monoplane produced by Found Brothers Aviation.
Design and development
Found Brothers Aviation was formed in 1946 to produce a new design by Captain S.R. Found, the Found FBA-1A. The FBA-1 was a high-wing monoplane powered by a 140 hp (104 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, designed from its inception to be operated on wheels, tundra tires, skis and on floats.{{cite web|url=http://fednor.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn03972.html|title=Reaching for the Sky: A Parry Sound company flies high producing bush planes|publisher=Government of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, National Capital Region, Office of the Deputy Minister, Regional Operations, FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario)|work=ic.gc.ca|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124748/http://fednor.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn03972.html|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=dead}}
The aircraft first flew on 13 July 1949. It was later developed into an all-metal four/five seater the Found FBA-2.
Specifications (FBA-1A)
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References
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=Bibliography=
- Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd, 1951.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing.
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Category:1940s Canadian civil utility aircraft
Category:Aircraft first flown in 1949