Farman F.170 Jabiru

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name = F.170 Jabiru
type = airliner

manufacturer = Farman


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produced = 1925-1929
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The Farman F.170 Jabiru was a 1925 single-engine airliner evolved from the F.121 Jabiru, built by the Farman Aviation Works.

Design and Development

The F.170 Jabiru was a single-engine evolution of the 1923 F.3X or F.121 Jabiru. In the early 1920s, there was a strong prejudice in favour of single-engine airliners. Since even multi-engine aircraft could not keep flying in the likely event that an engine went out, it was considered that a single engine offered just as much security and a greater ease of maintenance.

The F.170 could carry up to 8 passengers and was an ungainly high-wing monoplane with a rectangular wing of constant profile. Its construction was of traditional wood and fabric. Since the aircraft was quite low on its wheels, it was often derisively called the ventre-à-terre (belly to the ground). The first flight took place in 1925.

The improved F.170bis, introduced in 1927, incorporated some metal construction and could carry 9 passengers. The F.171bis was joined by the one and only F.171.

Operational History

The F.170 and F.170bis were used exclusively by the Farman airlines ("Société Générale de Transport Aérien") from May 1926 and used on the Paris-Cologne-Berlin route. When the SGTA was incorporated in the newly-created Air France airline on October 7, 1933, some five F.170 were still being used.

Operators

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*Air France
*Farman Airlines

pecifications (F.170)

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capacity= 8 passengers
length main= 11.75 m
length alt= 38 ft 6 in
span main= 16.01 m
span alt= 52 ft 6 in
height main= 3.20 m
height alt= 10 ft 6 in
area main= 52.50 m²
area alt= 565 ft²
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empty weight main= 1800 kg
empty weight alt= 3,965 lb
loaded weight main= 3319 kg
loaded weight alt= 7,310 lb
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engine (prop)= 1 x 500-hp Farman 12We
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power alt= 300 hp
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max speed main= 202 km/h
max speed alt= 125 mph
cruise speed main= 189 km/h
cruise speed alt= 117 mph
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range main= 500 km
range alt= 310 mi
ceiling main= 4500 m
ceiling alt= 14,760 ft
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