| Manufacturer |
Boeing |
Société des Avions Bernard |
| Description |
The Boeing F3B was a biplane fighter and fighter bomber that served with the United States Navy from 1928 into the early 1930s. |
The Bernard 20 was a single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the French aircraft manufacturer Société des Avions Bernard. |
| First Flight |
1928-02-03 |
1929-07-01 |
| Entry Into service |
1928-08-01 |
|
| Designer |
Boeing |
Société des Avions Bernard |
| Type |
Carrier-based Fighter-Bomber |
|
| Length (m) |
7.57 |
7.45 |
| Height (m) |
2.79 |
2.5 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
253 |
280 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
211 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
6553.2 |
|
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
10.26 |
|
| Armament |
Two 0.3 in (7.62mm) forward firing Browning machine guns in the forward fuselage; Five 25 lb (11.3 kg) bombs carried under the fuselage and lower wing |
Two fixed 7.7 mm synchronised machine-guns |
| National Origin |
|
France |
| Number Built |
74 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-80 Wasp radial engine, 317 kW (425 hp) each |
1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Jb V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 298 kW (400 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
United States Navy |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F3B |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_20 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.06 |
10.8 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
25.55 |
16.7 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Hispano-Suiza 12Jb |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |