The Farman Brothers were among the pioneers in French aviation, Henri Farman winning several of the prizes offered in the first years of aviation development with his early machines. He came to this country for one of the International meets but, being a very conservative flyer, proved a disappointment to American spectators. From this beginning, the Farman establishment has grown to a factory which has 5000 employes and which is said to produce ten machines a day, all of the parts being turned out of the same plant.
Specifications from “Practical Aviation,†by Charles Hayward, 1919
Type F. The Farman Type F weighs 1672 pounds and is capable of carrying a useful load of 968 pounds at a maximum speed of 105 m.p.h. It is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun and bomb-dropping apparatus and is equipped with wireless. With its full load, it can climb 6560 feet in eight minutes. The motor is of the vertical water-cooled type and is rated at 160 h.p. A similar type of the same net weight is capable of carrying a load of 1320 pounds and with its 220-h.p. motor can fly at a maximum speed of 120 m.p.h. It climbs 656O feet in six minutes.
Top Speed: 105 m.p.h.
Engine: 160 h.p.
Wingspan: n.a.
Weight: 1672 pounds
Armament: 1 Hotchkiss machine gun
Bombing Types – The bombing types are heavier machines weighing 1980 pounds and having a useful load capacity of 1540 pounds. They are also equipped with 220-h.p. motors and develop « a maximum speed of 114 m.p.h., while their climbing speed is the same as that of the lighter machines just mentioned. The fuel carried is sufficient for a flight of ten hours.