Farman F.300
F.300 and F.310 | |
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F.300 | |
Role | Airliner |
Manufacturer | Farman Aviation Works |
First flight | 13 January 1930 |
Number built | 22 |
The Farman F.300 and F.310 were airliners built in France in the early 1930s. They were high-wing monoplanes with fixed tailskid undercarriage with a trimotor layout popular with several manufacturers of the time. The cockpit and passenger compartment were fully enclosed. Most saw service in , whose twelve F.300 variants made up half its fleet in 1931.
One variant, the F.302, was specially built as a single-engine machine to make an attempt at a number of world records. On 9 March 1931, and set new distance and duration records over a closed circuit with a 2,000 kg payload, flying 2,678 km (1,664 mi) in 17 hours. Another, the F.304 was built as a special trimotor for to make a long-distance flight the same month from Paris to Tananarive and back.
The F.310 prototype of a floatplane version of the same basic design, was destroyed while landing during trials, and no further examples were built.
Variants[]
- F.300
- prototype with Gnome et Rhône 5Ba engines (1 built)[1]
- F.301
- production version with Salmson 9Ab engines (6 built)[2]
- F.302
- version powered with single Hispano-Suiza 12Nb for record attempt,[3] (1 built, later re-engined with [4]
- F.303
- production version with Gnome et Rhône 5Ba engines (6 built)[5]
- F.304
- long-range version with Lorraine 9N engines (1 built)[6]
- F.305
- production version with Gnome et Rhône 9A engines (2 built)[7]
- F.306
- production version with Lorraine 7Me engines (4 built)[8]
- F.310
- floatplane version with Salmson 9Ab engines (1 built)[9]
Operators[]
- Air Orient operated four aircraft.
- operated 12 aircraft.
- Aeroput operated 1 F.306 aircraft.
Specifications (F.301)[]
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 8 pax
- Length: 13.35 m (43 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 19.12 m (62 ft 9 in)
- Height: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 71 m2 (760 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 2,610 kg (5,754 lb)
- Gross weight: 4,530 kg (9,987 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × Salmson 9Ab 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
- Cruise speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
References[]
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- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.300". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.301". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.302". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.302". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.303". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.304". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.305". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.306". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (2 June 1998). "Farman F.310". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
Bibliography[]
- Borget, Michel (October 1969). "L'étoile d'argent, Farman 300" [The Silver Star: Farman 300]. Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation (in French) (4): 6–7, 25. ISSN 0757-4169.
- Borget, Michel (November 1969). "L'étoile d'argent, Farman 300" [The Silver Star: Farman 300]. Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation (in French) (5): 20–24. ISSN 0757-4169.
- Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 380.
- 1930s French airliners
- Farman aircraft
- Trimotors
- High-wing aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1930