HF.16
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft Type of 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.

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

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. 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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