Farman F.160 Explained
The
Farman F.160 was a heavy bomber aircraft developed in France in the late 1920s. It was essentially an attempt by
Farman Aviation Works to modernise its tremendously successful
F.60 Goliath design of the immediately postwar years. The most noticeable external difference was the larger tailfin of the new aircraft. Like its predecessor, it was a large three-bay biplane of conventional configuration with unstaggered wings of equal span. Initially conceived as a heavy night bomber, most examples built were float-equipped torpedo bombers for the
Aéronautique Maritime, which operated some 40 of the
F.165 variant and 200 of the
F.168. One of the original F.160 night bombers was exported to Italy, and one to Japan. Plans to develop airliner versions did not progress past the prototype stage.
Variants
- F.160: Four-seat night bomber with two 500abbr=onNaNabbr=on Farman 12We engines, designated F.160 BN.4 by Aviation Militaire.
F.161: One airliner with 2x 480abbr=onNaNabbr=on Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines and one bomber similar to the F.160, powered by 2x 500abbr=onNaNabbr=on Farman 12Wers engines.
F.162: One prototype airliner with 2x 480abbr=onNaNabbr=on Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines.
F.163: Airliner with 2x 380abbr=onNaNabbr=on Gnome-Rhône 9Aa engines.
F.165: Seaplane torpedo bomber with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9A or 9Aa engines.
F.166: 2x 230abbr=onNaNabbr=on Salmson 9Ab engines.
F.167: Seaplane torpedo bomber with 2x 420abbr=onNaNabbr=on Gnome-Rhône 9Aa engines.
F.168: Seaplane torpedo bomber with Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines; main production version, 200 built.
F.169: Improved airliner version with Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines.
F.268: One F.168 fitted with 2x supercharged 500abbr=onNaNabbr=on Salmson 18 Abs engines.
F.269: One F.169 fitted with floats and modified wings as a sesquiplane seaplane.
F.368: One F.168 re-engined with 2x 530abbr=onNaNabbr=on Gnome-Rhône 9Kbrs engines.
Operators
Italy
References
- Book: Liron . Jean . Les avions Farman . 1984 . Éditions Larivière . Paris . 37146471. Collection Docavia. 21.
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 379 . 0-7106-0710-5 .
- Book: World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing. London . File 894 Sheet 15 . 1-156-94382-5 .
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