Tellier T.3

Tellier T.3
Role Patrol flying-boat
National origin France
Manufacturer Société Alphonse Tellier et Cie à Neuilly (Tellier) / Société Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport (Nieuport)
Designer Alphonse Tellier
First flight 1917
Primary user French Naval Aviation
Number built ~100 T.3 + 55 T.c.6
Developed from Tellier T.2

The Tellier T.3 was a French two-seat patrol biplane flying-boat designed and built by Société Alphonse Tellier et Cie à Neuilly (Tellier) and Société Anonyme des Établissements Nieuport (Nieuport).

Design and development

Based on the earlier Tellier T.2 the T.3 was a two-bay, unequal-span biplane flying boat powered by a 200 hp (149 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Ac engine in pusher configuration, with the pilot sitting ahead of the engine and the gunner/observer in the nose with a forward-facing Vickers machine gun.[1]

Following test flights by both the Aviation Militaire and the Aéronavale, the Aéronavale ordered ten aircraft and the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) ordered two for gun and camouflage trials at the Isle of Grain.[1] A total of 100 aircraft were built, including 47 by Nieuport, who took over the assets of Tellier.[2]

A development of the T.3 was armed with a cannon in the nose and was designated the Tellier T.c.6. Large orders were placed, but only 55 had been built by the Armistice.[2]

Operators

 France
 United Kingdom

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Treadwell 2013
  2. 1 2 Orbis 1985, pp. 2699-2700

Bibliography

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
  • Treadwell, Terry C (2013). British and Allied Aircraft Manufacturers of the First World War. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445620091. 
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