what is it?
The Naval Aircraft Factory PN was a series of open cockpit American flying boats of the 1920s and 1930s. A development of the Felixstowe F5L flying boat of the World War I, variants of the PN were built for the United States Navy by Douglas, Keystone and Martin.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 22.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Wingspan of 22.2 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,109 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1925
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- patrol flying boat
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Naval Aircraft Factory
- engines
- 2× Wright R-1750 D Cyclone
- length
- 15 m
- wingspan
- 22.2 m
- height
- 5.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 6,419 kg
- top speed
- 184 km/h
- range
- 2,109 km
- ceiling
- 3,300 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q256624, Wikipedia: Naval Aircraft Factory PN (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.