The Farman F.230 and its derivatives were a family of light touring aircraft built in France in the 1930s. They were low-wing cantilever monoplanes of conventional configuration, with fixed tailskid undercarriage and two open cockpits in tandem. The thick-section wing used on these designs was a distinguishing feature.
A Farman F.231 was featured in the ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
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'', the fourth volume of ''
The Adventures of Tintin
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'' comics series by Belgian cartoonist
Hergé
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.
Operational history
During the course of the 1930s decade, aircraft of this family held various world records in their class for speed, altitude, duration, and distance; the F.356 model alone held no fewer than 18 such records.
Typical of these exploits was
Marcel Lalouette and
Jean de Permangle's long-distance flight on 12 January 1931, where they flew an F.231 from
Istres
Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture.
Location
I ...
, France, to
Villa Cisneros
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, in colonial
West Africa
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during which they covered 2,700 km (1,690 mi) in 22 hours and set a new distance record. In another feat,
Jean Réginensi and
André Bailly
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set three world airspeed records in October 1933 (over 100 km, 500 km, and 1,000 km) flying a F.239.
Variants
F.230
* F.230 - initial version with
Salmson 9Ad engine (11 built)
** F.230''bis'' - conversion of F.230 (1 converted)
* F.231 - version with
Renault 4Pb engine (47 built)
** F.231''bis'' - seaplane version of F.231 (1 converted)
* F.232 - version with
Michel IV-AT3 engine (4 built)
* F.233 - version with
de Havilland Gipsy
The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an upright 5 litre ( ...
I engine (1 built)
* F.234 - version with
Salmson 7Ac
Between 1920 and 1951 the Société des Moteurs Salmson in France developed and built a series of widely used air-cooled aircraft engines.Gunston 1986, p. 158.
Design and development
After their successful water-cooled radial engines, developed ...
engine (16 built)
* F.235 - version with
Hispano-Suiza 6Pa engine (1 built)
* F.236 - version with
Salmson 9Ad engine (4 built)
* F.237 - similar to the F.235, but powered by a 100-hp (75-kW) Renault engine.
* F.238 - version with
de Havilland Gipsy III
The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an upright 5 litre (300 ...
engine (1 built)
* F.239 - version with
Pobjoy R
The Pobjoy R is a British seven-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine designed and built by Pobjoy Airmotors. Introduced in 1926, it was a popular engine for ultralight and small aircraft in the 1930s. A notable feature of the Pobjoy R was ...
engine (1 built)
F.350
* F.350 - version with
Renault 4Pb engine (2 built, plus 4 converted from F.231)
* F.351 - version with
Renault 4Pb engine and enclosed cabin (1 built, plus 1 converted from F.231)
* F.352 - version with
Salmson 7Ac
Between 1920 and 1951 the Société des Moteurs Salmson in France developed and built a series of widely used air-cooled aircraft engines.Gunston 1986, p. 158.
Design and development
After their successful water-cooled radial engines, developed ...
engine (1 built, plus 1 converted from F.234)
** F.352H - seaplane version of F.352 (1 built, plus 1 converted from F.234)
* F.353 - version with
de Havilland Gipsy III
The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an upright 5 litre (300 ...
engine (1 built)
* F.354 - version with
de Havilland Gipsy I
The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an upright 5 litre (300 ...
engine (1 built)
* F.355 - version with
Renault 4Pdi engine (1 built)
* F.356 - version with
Renault 4Pc engine (1 built)
* F.357 - version with
Renault 4Pdi engine (1 built)
* F.358 - version with
Hispano-Suiza 6Pa engine (1 built)
* F.359 - version with
de Havilland Gipsy III
The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an upright 5 litre (300 ...
engine (1 built)
F.360
* F.360 - version with
Salmson 9Ad engine (1 built)
* F.361 - version with
Salmson 9Adr
The Salmson 9 AD was a family of air-cooled nine cylinder radial aero-engines produced in the 1930s in France by the Société des Moteurs Salmson.
Design and development
The 9 AD followed Salmson practice after the First World War, of being a ...
engine (2 converted from F.236)
Operators
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Spanish Republican Air Force
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F.350
Specifications (F.231)
See also
References
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External links
aviafrance.com
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