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__NOTOC__ The Farman F.160 A.2 (sometimes referred only as the A.2 from the French military specification A = reconnaissance 2 = two-seater) was a 1920s
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sesquiplane designed as a military reconnaissance and observation aircraft. Only one was built.Orbis 1985, p. 1735


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The open-cockpit tandem two-seat sesquiplane was displayed at the 1924 Paris Salon de l'Aeronautique. It was designed to minimise drag and the wide-chord wing was faired into the top of the fuselage and the aircraft was carefully faired. The aircraft did not meet performance expectations and was scrapped, and the F.160 designation was reused for a biplane bomber developed from the
Farman F.60 Goliath The Farman F.60 Goliath was a French airliner and bomber produced by the Farman Aviation Works from 1919 in aviation, 1919. It was instrumental in the creation of early airlines and commercial routes in Europe after World War I. Design and de ...
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