Farman HF.16

1910s French reconnaissance aircraft

HF.16

Role  | Reconnaissance

Type of aircraft

Manufacturer  | Farman
Anatra
Dux
V.V Slyusarenko Factory
Designer  | Henri Farman
First flight  | 1912
Primary users  | Imperial Russian Air Service
Belgian Air Component
Number built | 300 (Russian Empire)
Developed into | Farman HF.20

The Farman HF.16 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War. Aircraft of this type were also produced under license in the Russian Empire and served with the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War One.

## Operators

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Belgium
Aviation Militaire Belge/Belgische militaire luchtvaart \- received four HF.16s in 1912[1]
Russia
Imperial Russian Air Service[2]

## Specifications (HF.16)

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Data from [3]

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 9-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

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1. ^ Wauthy & De Neve 1995, p. 57.
2. ^ Blume, August G (2010). The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I. Vol. 1 - A chronology 1910-1917. United States: Schiffer. p. 302\. ISBN 978-0764333514.
3. ^ "Henry Farman HF.16 - avion d'observation - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 1999-12-13. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

* Wauthy, Jean-Luc; De Neve, Florimond (March 1995). "Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne belge: Première partie: 1909–1918". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 304\. pp. 56–61.

## Further reading

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* 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. Vol. 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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