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The Besson H-3 was a French civil touring triplane
flying boat
A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
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designed by the
Marcel Besson company of Boulogne.
One aircraft was built and the type did not enter production.
Design and development
The H-3 was designed as a civil touring flying boat and had single-bay equal-span wings and room for two in a
side-by-side configuration
Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which two or more animals, machines, or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. ''Tandem'' can also be used more generally to refer to any group of persons or objects w ...
cockpit, it was fitted with dual-controls.
Initially powered by a
le Rhône 9Z rotary, the H-3 was found to be under-powered and re-engined with a
Clerget 9B
The Clerget 9B is a nine-cylinder rotary engine, rotary aircraft engine of the World War I era designed by Pierre Clerget. Manufactured in both France and Great Britain (Gwynnes Limited), it was used on such aircraft as the Sopwith Camel. The Cler ...
rotary, (from ''Société Clerget-Blin et Cie''), driving a tractor propeller.
The aircraft did not enter production and the sole H-3 was re-designated MB-12 in 1922 when it was modified with an enlarged central wing.
Specifications (H-3)
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Flying boats
1920s French civil utility aircraft
Triplanes
H-3
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1920
Rotary-engined aircraft