Flycatcher | |
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![]() Fairey Flycatcher of 401 Flight over HMS Eagle, 1930 | |
General information | |
Type | Fighter |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Fairey |
Primary user | Fleet Air Arm |
Number built | 196 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1923–1926 |
Introduction date | 1923 |
First flight | 28 November 1922 |
Retired | 1934 |
The Fairey Flycatcher was a British single-seat biplane carrier-borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation Company which served from 1923 to 1934. It was produced with a conventional undercarriage for carrier use, although this could be exchanged for floats for catapult use aboard capital ships.