Felixstowe F.5

The F.3 was a development of the F.2A, with some of the former aircraft's agility being sacrificed for longer range and heavier bomb load. Approximately the same number of F.3s were built as the slightly smaller F.2As, but served in the Mediterranean as well as. from British stations. Post-war deliveries to the RAF were made as the F.5 and this became the standard reconnaissance type for several years, but was inferior to both the F.2A and F.3. A Liberty-powered variant went into production in America as the F.5L and the Japanese Navy received a small number. One company that produced F.5s, Gosport Aircraft, attempted to market a version as the Gosport G.5 for use as a passenger, mail or freight carrier, or for firefighting and transport duties in Canada and the USA, initially under the direction of Porte who had joined the staff in 1919.