The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

cthornburg said:
Just got some info of the Farman F.171 it was designed to make transatlantic crossing.

Chris
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Good morning Chris
Hi folks would anybody be good enough to tell me where I could dig to extract a bit more information on the Farman 171? By the way I also discovered that there should have been a transatlantic crossing with that plane and some skeleton information I got thru Aviafrance (but no pic)...that's all I could find on the net….
Cheers
Carlo
 
Carlo, I'd try 'Les Avions Farman' by Jean Liron (1984)(Docavia). I think that it's OOP but there are secondhand copies available from online sellers.
 
Mike is correct. I lifted the photo from Les Avions Farman page 109. It does note the 171 was going to be for a Paris to New York flight.

Back to the little guy, it flew in 1913.
 
That's a pitty :(

Something conceptually from between the ages (old vs. new):
 

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Thank you, Uli. After a string of biplanes, perhaps it's time for a monoplane.



Mike, when the Lévrier was restored by Robert Lefèvre it lost its canopy and went al fresco. It was late donated to the Musée de l'Air and, just to show that it happens not only with the RAF and Science museums, since then it's spent most of its time languishing in the museum reserves.
 
Thanks Mike.

Keeping with the monoplane theme..

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Wiki says 2 built I couldn't find my source of French stuff with confirmation of that. Just found my French stuff and only 1 built as the aircraft had an accident during testing.

Chris
 
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