Farman MF.7

MF.7

Role	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Farman Aviation Works
Designer	Maurice Farman
Introduction	1913
Retired	1915
Primary users	French Air Force Royal Flying Corps

The Maurice Farman MF.7 Longhorn is a French reconnaissance biplane developed before World War I, which served in both the French and British air services in the early stages of the war before being used as a trainer aircraft.

1 Design and development
2 Operational history
3 Operators
4 Survivors
5 Specifications (MF.7)
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Design and development

It had a single Renault "pusher" engine. Its name derived from the distinctive front-mounted elevator and elongated skids.

Operational history

Sixty MF.7s were sold to Norway and served with the Norwegian Army Air Service.
A Greek plane was converted to a hydroplane, flown by Michael Moutoussis and with Aristeidis Moraitinis as observer, it carried out the world's first air-naval co-operation mission during the First Balkan War.
The Farman was used by the Imperial Japanese forces in the World War I Battle of Tsingtao, with one downed by the German force's sole working aircraft.

Operators

Australia

Australian Flying Corps
- Mesopotamian Half Flight
- Central Flying School AFC at Point Cook, Victoria.

Belgium
Denmark
France

French Air Force

Greece
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Norway

Norwegian Army Air Service operated 60 aircraft until the late 1920s.

Russia
Spain
United Kingdom

Royal Flying Corps

Survivors

Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Paris
Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo

Specifications (MF.7)

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Data from Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft^[1]^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: Two (pilot & observer)
Length: 11.35 m (37 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 15.40 m (50 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in)
Loaded weight: 855 kg (1,885 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Renault 70 hp air-cooled inline V-8 engine, 52 kW (70 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 95 km/h (51 knots, 59 mph) at sea level
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Endurance: 3.5 hours

Armament

None

References

^ Jackson, Robert, The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, Paragon, 2002. ISBN 0-75258-130-9
^ Angelucci, Enzo (1983). The Rand McNally encyclopedia of military aircraft, 1914-1980. The Military Press. pp. 21. ISBN 0-517-41021 4.

External links

Luftfahrtmuseum
"The Maurice Farman Biplane" (PDF). Flight IV (27): 603–606. July 6, 1912. No. 184. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%200603.html. Retrieved June 10, 2011. Contemporary technical description of the MF.7 with photographs and drawings.

Aircraft produced by Henri Farman, Maurice Farman, and Farman Aviation Works

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