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Farman HF.16

1910s French reconnaissance aircraft

HF.16
Role	Reconnaissance Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Farman Anatra Dux V.V Slyusarenko Factory
Designer	Henri Farman
First flight	1912
Primary users	Imperial Russian Air Service Belgian Air Component
Number built	300 (Russian Empire)
Developed into	Farman HF.20

The Farman HF.16 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War. Aircraft of this type were also produced under license in the Russian Empire and served with the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War One.

Operators

Belgium: Aviation Militaire Belge/Belgische militaire luchtvaart - received four HF.16s in 1912^[1]
Russia: Imperial Russian Air Service^[2]

Specifications (HF.16)

Data from ^[3]

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 9-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

^ Wauthy & De Neve 1995, p. 57.
^ Blume, August G (2010). The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I. Vol. 1 - A chronology 1910-1917. United States: Schiffer. p. 302. ISBN 978-0764333514.
^ "Henry Farman HF.16 - avion d'observation - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 1999-12-13. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

Wauthy, Jean-Luc; De Neve, Florimond (March 1995). "Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne belge: Première partie: 1909–1918". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 304. pp. 56–61.