The Hansa-Brandenburg W.17 was a German flying boat fighter of the World War I era, designed and built by Hansa-Brandenburg.

Design and development

Two W.17 prototypes were built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The first prototype (A49/I) was a biplane with a cantilever lower wing, while the second prototype (A 49/II) was a triplane with interplane bracing struts. Armament consisted of two 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose machine guns. Gottfried Banfield, who oversaw evaluation of the W.17, judged the aircraft unsuitable for service due to its poor maneuverability. The second W.17, meanwhile, was evaluated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in July 1917 but was not ordered into production.

See also

Related lists

• List of flying boats and floatplanes

References

Bibliography

• Herris, Jack (2012). German Seaplane Fighters of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 2. Charleston (S.C.): Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-09-4.
• Owers, Colin A. (2015). Hansa-Brandenburg Aircraft of WWI: Volume 2–Biplane Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 18. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-32-2.

Further reading

• Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 293. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.