Farman

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Henri and Maurice Farman on a Panhard & Levassor during the Tour of the Ardennes in 1903

The company Farman was a French car - and aircraft manufacturers .

Aircraft production

The two brothers Maurice Farman and Henri Farman have been building aircraft at the Buc site since 1908 . In 1912, with their brother Richard, they founded the aircraft manufacturing company Farman Frères in Boulogne-Billancourt . There they first produced the characteristic biplanes with pressure propellers, which were mainly used for military purposes and training flights. In the course of the war, Farman also developed bombers . The “Goliath” passenger plane was derived from the prototype FF.60 and became a milestone in French and European civil aviation at the time.

In 1934, Farman merged with Blériot Aéronautique and ANF ​​Les Mureaux to form UCA, which, however, was merged into the state Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Center (SNCAC) in 1936 .

Aircraft types

A Farman III , 1910 in Los Angeles at the Dominguez International Air Meet
The Farman F.60 "Goliath", 1919 in Toussus-le-Noble

Automobile production

The first 12 CV model was only created in 1902. Cars were only manufactured again after the First World War . Large six-cylinder models were produced in small numbers between 1919 and 1931 . Two vehicles that have been preserved can be seen in the Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf in Mulhouse .

Car models

  • Farman A 6 from 1923

  • Farman A 6 from 1923

  • Farman A 6 B

  • Farman NF from 1928

  • Farman NF from 1928

literature

  • G. Schmitt, W. Schwipps: Pioneers of early aviation. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-1189-7 .
  • GN Georgano: cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1972, OCLC 959052569 . (French)
  • Ferdinand Hediger, Hans-Heinrich von Fersen, Michael Sedgwick: Cars of the 20s and 30s, luxury cars 1919–1939. 1st edition. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02963-7 , pp. 164-166.

Web links

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