Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen

Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturing company.

The town, which is located by the Bodensee, was already famous in aviation circles as the place where Zeppelin airships were built.

During the First World War, Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen mainly built seaplanes for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung units of the Imperial German Navy, and a highly successful series of land-based medium bombers for the Imperial Air Service under the aegis of head designer Karl Gehlen.

After the Armistice, the company took over the old Zeppelin shed at Manzell.

When the company failed in 1923, their production facilities were taken over by Dornier Flugzeugwerke.