Farman F.400
The Farman F.402 was a French transport aircraft by 1933.
The plane was a high-wing monoplane with thin and rounded wings that were removable. The fuselage and the wings were made of wood, which was covered with veneer. In the wings around 200 liters of fuel could be carried. The rigid chassis was reinforced with massive steel beams in order to land on rough terrain and can start. The aircraft took just short take- off and landing runways. Unusually, the arrangement of the control stick on the ceiling of the cockpit as well as a vertical wheel to the rudder.
The aircraft used a 9-cylinder 110 hp Lorraine 5 Pb or 120 hp Salmson engine.
Service history
The Farman F.402 was used for both civilian and military. The most common use is the use in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. The aircraft was used as a transport, ambulance and liaison aircraft. It was used on both sides of the Republicans and the Nationalists. For the Republicans, it was stationed in the Grupo de Caza 14 in northern Spain on the basis Lamiaco.
On 15 February 1939, the French pilot Paul Grieu crashed in the transfer of a civilian Farman F.402 (F- AMTL ) to Le Bourget near the village Sanvic lethal from.
Museum aircraft
The " Museo del Aire " in Madrid presents from the only still exists today Farman F.402. A total of 68 were built.