Farman F.68
Farman F.68BN4 Goliath was a 1925 French heavy bomber .
development
At the end of the First World War , the French Henri Farman and Maurice Farman planned to build a heavy bomber. At the end of the war, the Farman F.60 machine was converted into a passenger aircraft. It could carry up to 12 passengers.
In parallel, a number of military variants were developed, the F.62, F.65 and the Farman F.68BN4. The F.68BN4 was manufactured for the Polish Air Force. From 1925 Farman delivered a total of 32 machines to Poland .
Farman produced around 360 aircraft of the F.60 - F.68 series. The Goliath series is considered the most successful twin-engine aircraft of the 1920s.
On March 22, 1919 a F.60 Goliath flew with 11 passengers from Paris to London . This was the first commercial passenger flight between two capital cities.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data (Farman F.68BN4 Goliath) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 26.50 m |
| length | 14.77 m |
| height | 4.90 m |
| Wing area | 153 m² |
| Empty mass | 2850 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 5400 kg |
| Engine | 2 × Gnome-Rhône Jupiter with 450 PS (331 kW) each |
| Top speed | 154 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4200 m |
| Range | 1200 km |
| Armament | 5 × Lewis machine guns caliber 7.7 mm |
| Bomb load | Max. 1040 kg |