The Friedrichshafen FF.29 was a German lightweight two-seat floatplane of the 1910s produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen. Development and design The FF.29 was designed as a lightweight floatplane, a biplane powered by a Mercedes D.II inline piston engine. Five FF.29s were built at the Orlogsværftet Flyvemaskineværksted in Denmark, designated Orlogsværftet HB.I Operational history The FF.29 entered service with the German Imperial Navy in November 1914, it was used for coastal patrol and reconnaissance and had the ability to carry a small load of bombs. On 24 December 1914 an FF.29 was the first aircraft to drop a bomb on British soil, a single bomb landed in the garden of a house in Leyburn Road, Dover. There were no injuries and little damage beyond a crater in the lawn and smashed windows. On 15 January 1915 a FF.29 was the first plane to be launched from a submarine, the . Variants FF.29 Production aircraft. FF.29A A similar aircraft with improved floats and tail surfaces. Operators Royal Danish Navy German Imperial Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Specifications (FF.29) See also References Bibliography Further reading 1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft Biplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft Floatplanes FF.29 Submarine-borne aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1914