The Farman F.430 was a 1930s French light transport designed and built by the

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. Two variants with different engines were known as the F.431 and F.432.

Design and development

The F.430 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a tail-wheel landing gear. It was powered by two wing-mounted

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piston engines. The enclosed cockpit and cabin had room for a pilot and five passengers. The prototype ''F-ANBY'' appeared in 1934 and the F.431 variant with Renault Bengali-Six inverted piston engines was exhibited at the 1934 Paris Salon de l'Aeronautique. A further variant with Farman radial engines was designated the F.432. After the company had been nationalised and became part of SNCAC a variant with a retractable landing gear (designated the Centre 433) was completed, and flown for the first time in December 1938. The F.430 and two F.431s were used by Air Service between Paris and Biarritz.

Variants

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inline piston engines, one built. ;F.431 :Variant with Renault 6Pdi inverted piston engines, three built. ;F.432 :Variant with Farman radial engines or Renault 6Q-06 engines, two built and two converted from F.431s. ;Centre 433 :Retractable landing gear version of the F.431, powered by Renault 6Q-06/Renault 6Q-O7 engines (left and right hand rotation), one built. Farman_F-430-Spanish_Republican_Air_Force

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Operators

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Specifications (F.431)

References

Citations

Bibliography

* The

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft The ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' was a weekly partwork magazine by Aerospace Publishing (an imprint of Orbis Publishing) which was published in the United Kingdom (and sold in other countries too) during the early 1980s. The magazi ...

(Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1759 * *

External links

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