| Richard 'Dick' Farman | |
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| Born | 1872 |
| Died | 1940 (aged 67–68) |
Richard 'Dick' Farman (born in 1872 and died in 1940) was a French aeronautical engineer, aviator, and one of the Farman brothers who were pioneers of early aviation. He also known as Dick Farman, or Richard Farman.
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Born in Paris in France, to English parents, he was the eldest son[1] [note 1] of a well to do newspaper correspondent working there. He became a young electrical engineer and built the first electric trams in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. He was an author of many technical works on engines, also an aviator in 1914 to 1918, and was a director of an aircraft factory in Lyon.
After WWI, he founded Avions H.M.D. Farman,[note 2] also known as Farman Aviation Works, with his two younger brothers Henri and Maurice in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Dick concentrated on the business side of the company and is rarely mentioned in most Farman stories in later days.[2] In spite of his scientific knowledge and techniques, he dealt with administrative and commercial services. The French nationalization of its aerospace industry in 1936 put an end to his career. Dick Farman died in 1940.[3]