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The Farman F.60 Goliath was a French
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and bomber produced by the Farman Aviation Works from
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. It was instrumental in the creation of early airlines and commercial routes in Europe after World War I.


Design and development

The ''Goliath'' was initially designed in 1918 as a heavy bomber capable of carrying of bombs with a range of . It was a fixed-undercarriage three-bay biplane of fabric-covered wood construction, powered by two
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engines. It had a simple and robust, yet light structure. The wings were rectangular with a constant profile with aerodynamically balanced ailerons fitted to both upper and lower wings. It was undergoing initial testing when World War I came to an end and Farman realized there would be no orders for his design. Nonetheless he was quick to understand that the big, box-like fuselage of the Goliath could be easily modified to convert the aircraft into an airliner. Commercial aviation was beginning to be developed and was in need of purpose-built aircraft. With the new passenger cabin arrangement, the Goliath could carry up to 12 or 14 passengers. It had large windows to give the passengers a view of the surroundings. The Salmson engines could be replaced by other types (Renault, Lorraine) if a customer desired it. Approximately 60 F.60 Goliaths were built. Between 1927 and 1929, eight Goliaths with various engines were built under licence in Czechoslovakia, four by
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and four by Letov.


Operational history

Farman was quick to press the Goliath into service and made several publicity flights. On 8 February 1919, the Goliath flew 12 passengers from Toussus-le-Noble to RAF Kenley, near Croydon. Since non-military flying was not permitted at that date, Lucien Bossoutrot and his passengers were all ex-military pilots who wore uniforms and carried mission orders for the circumstances. The flight went well, taking 2 hours and 30 minutes. The pilot and passengers were well received in England. The return flight was made the following day and took 2 hours and 10 minutes. Other flights were made to publicize the Goliath. On 3 April 1919, 14 passengers were flown to an altitude of 6,200 m (20,341 ft). Later, on 11 August 1919, an F.60 flew eight passengers and a ton of supplies from Paris via
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to Koufa, north of
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, flying more than . Airlines, which were appearing very quickly all over Europe, were quick to acquire the F.60. In 1920, the Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA) began scheduling regular flights between Le Bourget and Croydon. The Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA) soon followed suit. The
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(SGTA) opened a Paris- Brussels route in July 1920, flown by the Goliath. In May 1921, this route was extended to Amsterdam. The Belgian airline
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(SNETA) also opened a Brussels- London route in April 1921.


Variants

;FF.60: Designation of the first three prototypes. ;F.60: Civil passenger transport version, powered by two
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radial piston engines, sixty built. ;F.60bis: This designation was given to the transport version, powered by two
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engines. ;F.60 Bn.2: Three-seat night bomber evolved from the F.60 Goliath. It was equipped with two
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engines, and 210 were delivered to French naval and army aviation. ;F.60 Torp: Torpedo-bomber floatplane, powered by two
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radial piston engines. ;F.60M: Blunt-nose version in 1924, powered by two
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engines. ;F.61: Two aircraft equipped with two Renault 12Fe engines. ;F.62:A record-breaking aircraft, derived from the F.60, powered by a single Farman 12We. First flown on 7 August 1925, the F.62, piloted by Landry and Drouhin, broke the world record closed-circuit in 45 hours 11 minutes and 59 seconds. ;F.62 BN.4: Export version for the Soviet Union, powered by two Lorraine-Dietrich V-12 engines. ;F.62 BN.5: A 5-seat night bomber version, powered by 2x
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engines. ;F.63 BN.4: Similar to the F.62 BN.4 export version, powered by two
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radial piston engines, 42 built for the '' Aéronautique militaire francaise''. ;F.63bis:A single airliner, powered by 2x Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IIIA engines. Ten more were built powered by 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Aa Jupiter engines. ;F.63ter: Three airliners, powered by 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Aa Jupiter engines. ;F.65:Sixty floatplane torpedo-bombers built for the ''
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'', fitted with interchangeable float or landing gear and powered by 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Aa Jupiter engines. ;F.66: Two torpedo-bombers built for the ''
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'', powered by 2x
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engines. ;F.66 BN.3: One
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-powered aircraft was built, intended to be exported to Romania. ;F.68 BN.4: Thirty-two bomber aircraft, powered by 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter, exported to Poland. ; F.140 Super Goliath: Super-heavy bomber prototype, powered by four Farman 12We W-12 engines in tandem pairs.


Operators


Civilian operators

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(SABENA). * Société Colombophile de Transport Aériens (SOCTA). *
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(SNETA). ; * Compañía Colombiana de Navegación Aérea (CCNA) ; *
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(ČSA). ; *
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. * Compagnie Aérienne Française (CAF). * Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA). * Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA). *Enterprise de la Photo-Aérienne. *
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(Société Générale des Transports Aériens, SGTA). ; * Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat (LARES).


Military operators

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; * Czechoslovak Air Force ; *
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* French Navy **Commission d'Etudes Pratiques d'Aéronautique (CEPA). **Escadrille 2R1. **Escadrille 5B2. ; ; ; * Peruvian Air Force *
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; *
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**211 Squadron. **212 Squadron. ; * Soviet Air Force (4 bought in 1924)Demin, A. (editor) (2012). ''Emblemby i znaki samolotow Rossiyskich VVS. 1912-2012''. Moscow, 2012. . p.43 (in Russian) ; * Aeronáutica Militar, used in air raids over Morocco.


Accidents and incidents

;26 August 1921:Farman F.60 Goliath O-BLAN of SNETA
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into the English Channel whilst on a flight from Brussels-Evere Airport to
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, United Kingdom; both pilots were never found. The aircraft was salvaged and rebuilt as an F.61. ;27 September 1921: Two Farman F.60 Goliaths, O-BLEU and O-BRUN, both of SNETA, were destroyed in a hangar fire at Brussels-Evere Airport. ;8 October 1921: A Farman Goliath of Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA) made an emergency landing at
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due to problems with a propeller shortly after the aircraft had crossed the French coast. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Le Bourget Airport, Paris to Croydon. Another aircraft was dispatched from Paris to take the six passengers on to Croydon. ;30 November 1921: Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAD of CGEA was damaged in a forced landing at
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, Kent. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. ;11 February 1922: Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAI of CGEA was damaged in a forced landing at
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, Kent. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. ;7 April 1922: Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAD of CGEA was in a mid-air collision with
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over Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, Oise, France. All seven people on board both aircraft were killed. ;1 September 1922: A Farman F.60 Goliath on a flight from Croydon Airport to Paris, suffered a severely damaged propeller after flying through torrential rain whilst crossing the English Channel. The engine was shut down and a precautionary landing was made at Saint-Inglevert where the propeller was changed in 15 minutes. The aircraft then departed for Le Bourget, where arrival was only 12 minutes later than scheduled. ;15 March 1923: Farman F.61 Goliath F-AEIE (former O-BLAN) of Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA) overran the runway on landing at Croydon and collided with a building. The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service. ;7 May 1923: Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEGP ''Flandre'' of
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was damaged in a forced landing at Lympne, Kent. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. ;14 May 1923: Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEBY of Air Union
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, following structural failure of a wing. All six people on board were killed. The aircraft was on a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris to Croydon ;15 July 1923: Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEEE of Farman crashed near Valenciennes, France. ;27 August 1923: Farman F.60 Goliath (former F.61) F-AECB of Air Union
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at East Malling, Kent. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Paris to Croydon. A precautionary landing was made at Lympne due to weather, following which the flight was resumed. One engine later failed and the aircraft crashed following misunderstanding of an instruction for a number of passengers to move towards the rear of the aircraft, affecting the centre of gravity and causing the aircraft to enter a spin. ;3 December 1923:Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEIF, possibly operated by CMA, crashed at
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, Kent. ;22 January 1924:Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAO of Air Union was destroyed by fire following an accident when landing at Croydon. ;6 August 1924: Farman F.60 Goliath F-ADDT ''Languedoc'' of Air Union was on a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris to Croydon when the port engine failed. A forced landing was made at Golden Green, Kent. One person amongst the pilot and five passengers on board was injured. The aircraft was dismantled to allow removal. It was later repaired and returned to service.''Aviation News,''December 2005."Mishap to Passenger Aeroplane". ''The Times'', Issue 43725, 8 August 1925, p. 14, column F. ;8 February 1925:Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAB ''Savoie'' of Air Union crashed whilst attempting to land at Lympne. The aircraft was on a cargo flight from Paris to Croydon when an engine failed over the Channel. The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service. ;16 October 1925:Farman F.60 Goliath F-HMFU ''Île de France'' of Air Union crashed at
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. Three passengers were killed and two were injured. The aircraft may have been repaired and returned to service as its registration was not cancelled until 1 June 1932. Its fuselage is preserved. ;14 November 1925: Farman F.60 Goliath F-FHMY ''Picardie'' of Air Union ditched in the English Channel off
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, France. The aircraft was salvaged and rebuilt as an F.63bis, returning to service in 1929. ;10 March 1927:Farman F.63bis Goliath F-AEGP ''Flandre'' of Air Union made a forced landing near Tonbridge, Kent following an engine failure. ;5 May 1927:Farman F.61 Goliath F-ADFN of Société Générale des Transports Aériens was lost in the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Saint-Louis Senegal to Pernambuco, Brazil. Both crew were killed. ;24 November 1927:Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAB ''Savoie'' of Air Union was severely damaged in a forced landing at Yaldham Manor,
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, Kent. The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service. ;6 March 1928:Farman F.60 Goliath (former F.61) F-AECU ''Normandie'' of Air Union crashed at
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, Kent. The aircraft may have been repaired and returned to service as its registration was not cancelled until 1 June 1932. ;11 March 1928:Farman F.60 Goliath (former F.61) F-AEFC ''Provence'' of Air Union crashed into the English Channel off
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whilst operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Paris to Croydon. The aircraft had landed at
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to await an improvement in the weather before continuing its journey, and the passenger (or passengers) had decided to continue the journey by boat. The aircraft broadcast a
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before it crashed into the sea, killing both crew. The bodies of the victims were picked up the Southern Railway's ferry . ;23 May 1928:Farman F.63bis Goliath F-AEIE of Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) crashed on take-off from Cologne, Germany and was destroyed by fire. Three people were killed. ;19 May 1929: Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAI ''Vendee'' of Air Union, on a flight from Croydon to Paris crashed at Keylands Sidings near Paddock Wood railway station, it stopped yards from the signal box and was destroyed by fire, the pilot and mechanic escaped with minor injuries. ;31 July 1929:Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAB ''Savoie'' of Air Union, on a flight from London to Paris carrying gold bullion was damaged in a forced landing near Smarden in Kent, bushes on the riverbank stopped the aircraft entering the River Beult although some of the gold bullion it was carrying ended up in the river. The bullion was recovered by spectators and transferred by lorry to Lympne for onward transport to Paris."Mishap to French Aeroplane". ''The Times'', Issue 45270, 1 August 1929, p. 16, column c. The aircraft may have been repaired and returned to service as its registration was not cancelled until 1 June 1932. ;October 1929: Farman F.63bis Goliath F-FARI of '' Societe Generale de Transports Aeriens'' (SGEA) was destroyed in an accident. ;10 February 1930:Farman F.63bis Goliath F-FHMY ''Picardie'' of
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, Kent following failure of the starboard tailplane. Two passengers killed of the six people on board. ;2 May 1930: Farman F.63bis Goliath F-ADCA ''Lorraine'' of Air Union crashed at Penshurst, Kent after encountering a heavy squall whilst on a flight from Le Bourget, Paris to Croydon. ;23 April 1931: Farman F.63 Goliath F-ADDT ''Languedoc'' of Air Union crashed at Widehurst Farm, Marden after taking off from Marden. The aircraft was carrying mail. ;9 July 1930: Farman F.60 F-ADFQ of the SGTA crashed near Aalsmeer shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. One crew member, a mechanic, died shortly after. The pilot and the marconist escaped with slight injuries. The plane was a total loss.


Survivors

No complete airframe survives. The forward fuselage of F-HMFU is exhibited at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, France.


Specifications (F.63 BN.4)


See also

* Farman F.140 Super Goliath


References


Bibliography

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Further reading

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External links

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Farman GoliathFarman Goliath webpage


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