__NOTOC__ The Farman F.160 was a heavy bomber aircraft developed in France in the late 1920s. It was essentially an attempt by

Farman Aviation Works Farman Aviation Works (french: Avions Farman) was a French aircraft company founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French nationa ...

to modernise its tremendously successful F.60 Goliath design of the immediately postwar years. The most noticeable external difference was the larger tailfin of the new aircraft. Like its predecessor, it was a large three-bay biplane of conventional configuration with unstaggered wings of equal span. Initially conceived as a heavy night bomber, most examples built were float-equipped torpedo bombers for the Aéronautique Maritime, which operated some 40 of the F.165 variant and 200 of the F.168. One of the original F.160 night bombers was exported to Italy, and one to Japan. Plans to develop airliner versions did not progress past the prototype stage.

Variants

;F.160: Four-seat night bomber with two

Farman 12We The Farman 12We was a French 12-cylinder broad arrow configuration aircraft engine that was designed and built by Farman in the early 1920s. Power output was 370 kilowatts (500 hp). Design and development The Farman company develop ...

engines, designated F.160 BN.4 by Aviation Militaire. ;F.161: One airliner with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines and one bomber similar to the F.160, powered by 2x Farman 12Wers engines. ;F.162: One prototype airliner with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines. ;F.163: Airliner with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Aa engines. ;F.165: Seaplane torpedo bomber with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9A or 9Aa engines. ;F.166: 2x

Salmson 9Ab Between 1920 and 1951 the Société des Moteurs Salmson in France developed and built a series of widely used air-cooled aircraft engines.Gunston 1986, p. 158. Design and development After their successful water-cooled radial engines, developed ...

engines. ;F.167: Seaplane torpedo bomber with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Aa engines. ;F.168: Seaplane torpedo bomber with Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines; main production version, 200 built. ;F.169: Improved airliner version with Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines. ;F.268: One F.168 fitted with 2x supercharged Salmson 18 Abs engines. ;F.269: One F.169 fitted with floats and modified wings as a sesquiplane seaplane. ;F.368: One F.168 re-engined with 2x Gnome-Rhône 9Kbrs engines.

Operators

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Royal Romanian Air Force The Air Force branch of the Royal Romanian forces in World War II was officially named the (ARR), or the Romanian Royal Aeronautics, though it is more commonly referred to in English histories as the (Royal Romanian Air Force, FARR), or simply ...

Specifications (F.168)

References

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External links

* {{Farman aircraft 1920s French bomber aircraft F.0160