Farman HF.16

Short description: 1910s French reconnaissance aircraft

HF.16

Role  | Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer  | Farman
Designer  | Henri Farman
First flight  | 1912

The Farman HF.16 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War.

## Contents

* 1 Operators
* 2 Specifications (HF.16)
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading

## Operators

Belgium
Aviation Militaire Belge/Belgische militaire luchtvaart \- received four HF.16s in 1912[1]

## Specifications (HF.16)

Data from [2]

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
* Wingspan: 13.75 m (45 ft 1 in)
* Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
* Wing area: 35 m2 (380 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 660 kg (1,455 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Delta 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden pusher propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 105 km/h (65 mph, 57 kn)

## References

1. ↑ Wauthy & De Neve 1995, p. 57.
2. ↑ "Henry Farman HF.16 - avion d'observation - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 1999-12-13. https://www.aviafrance.com/henry-farman-hf-16-aviation-france-7332.htm. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

* Wauthy, Jean-Luc; De Neve, Florimond (March 1995). "Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne belge: Première partie: 1909–1918" (in Fr). Le Fana de l'Aviation (304).

## Further reading

* Davilla, James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-1891268090.
* Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.
* Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. p. 122. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.

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