The Farman F.500 Monitor was a 1950s

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two-seat training aircraft.

Development

Farman had earlier produced the

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under licence, and with the co-operation of Stampe designed a two-seat training monoplane using SV-4 components designated the Farman F.500. The prototype, named the Monitor I, first flew on 11 July 1952, it was a cantilever low-wing monoplane of mixed construction and conventional tail unit. It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear and room for two crew in tandem under a continuous canopy and was powered by a Renault 4Pei engine. The production version designated the Monitor II was placed into production and first flew on 5 August 1955, it had all-metal wings and a Salmson-Argus engine. Production also took place in Belgium with Stampe et Renard under the designation SR.7B Monitor IV.

Variants

;F.500 Monitor I :Prototype with a

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engine, of wooden construction, one built, first flown on 11 July 1952. ;F.510 Monitor II :French production aircraft with a

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engine, metal construction, one built, first flown on 5 August 1955. ;F.520 Monitor III :Prototype Monitor I re-engined with a

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-02 engine, first flown on 15 June 1953. ;F.521 Monitor III :with a

-22 engine, one built. ;SR.7B Monitor IV :Belgian production aircraft.

Specifications (Monitor II)

References

Bibliography

* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1759 * {{Farman aircraft F.0500 1950s French civil trainer aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1952

Development

Variants

Specifications (Monitor II)

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References

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