Farman Aviation Works was an aeronautic enterprise founded and run by the brothers; Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman

Maurice Farman

Maurice Alain Farman was a French Grand Prix motor racing champion, an aviator, and an aircraft manufacturer and designer.-Biography:...

. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French nationalization and rationalization of its aerospace industry, Farman's assets were assigned to the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre

SNCAC

SNCAC, the , sometimes known as ', was a French aircraft manufacturer created by the nationalisation of the Farman Aviation Works and Hanriot firms in 1936. It was liquidated after World War II, with assets distributed between other nationalised firms SNCAN, SNCASO, and SNECMA in 1949....

 (SNCAC).

In 1941 the Farman brothers reestablished the firm as the "Société Anonyme des Usines Farman" (SAUF), but only three years later, it was absorbed by Sud-Ouest

Sud-Ouest

-Places:* Sud-Ouest Region , the Burkina Faso region* Sud-Ouest Region , the Cameroon region* Ile du Sud-Ouest, an isle in the Cosmoledo atoll* Le Sud-Ouest, a borough in Montreal, Quebec...

. Maurice's son, Marcel Farman, reestablished the SAUF in 1952, but his effort proved unsuccessful and the firm was dissolved in 1956.

The Farman brothers built more than 200 types of aircraft between 1908 and 1941.

List of aeroplanes

• Farman III
  Farman III
  |-See also:-Bibliography:*Opdycke, Leonard E French Aeroplanes Before the Great War Atglen, PA: Schiffer 1999 ISBN 0 7643 0752 5-External links:**...
  
   (1909)
• Farman MF.7 Longhorn
  Farman MF.7
  |-See also:-External links:* Contemporary technical description of the MF.7 with photographs and drawings....
  
   (1913)
• Farman MF.11 Shorthorn
  Farman MF.11
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   (1913)
• Farman F.30 - fighter prototype (1917)
• Farman F.31 - fighter prototype (1918)
• Farman F.40 (1915) - single-engined reconnaisannce aircraft
• Farman F.50 - biplane bomber (1918)
• Farman F.50 - flying boat (1920s)
• Farman F.51
  Farman F.51
  |-See also:-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1737...
  
   - maritime reconnaissance flying boat (1922)
• Farman F.60 - development of F.40
• Farman F.60 Goliath
  Farman F.60 Goliath
  The Farman F.60 Goliath was an airliner produced by the Farman Aviation Works from 1919. It was instrumental in the creation of early airlines and commercial routes in Europe after World War I.-Design and development:...
  
   bomber/airliner (1919)
  • Farman F.60 Torp - torpedo carrying floatplane version (1920s)
• Farman F.70
  Farman F.70
  -References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1739...
  
   - single-engined 6-passenger transport (1920)
• Farman F.80 - basic training biplane (1921)
• Farman F.121 Jabiru - 4-engined airliner (1923)
• Farman F.166 - torpedo bomber floatplane (1928)
• Farman F.167 - torpedo bomber floatplane (1928)
• Farman F.168 - torpedo bomber floatplane (1928)
• Farman F.170 Jabiru
  Farman F.170 Jabiru
  The Farman F.170 Jabiru was a 1925 single-engine airliner evolved from the F.121 Jabiru, built by the Farman Aviation Works.-Design and development:...
  
   - single-engined airliner (1925)
• Farman F.222
  Farman F.222
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Ketley, Barry, French Aces of WWII, Osprey Publishing, p. 45* William Green, War Planes of the Second World War, Volume 8, 1967...
  
   - 4-engined high-wing heavy bomber (1932)
• Farman F.1000, F.1001 & F.1002
  Farman F.1000
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   single-engined, pressurised, high altitude research aircraft (1932-5)
• Farman F.223 - 4-engined high-wing heavy bomber (1937)
• Farman F.271 - bomber/torpedo bomber floatplane version (1934)
• Farman F 402
  Farman F 402
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   - high-wing 3-seater utility aircraft (1933)
• Farman NC.470
  Farman NC.470
  |-See also:-Bibliography:* Donald, David . The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester, UK:Blitz, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Five Flying Boats. London:Macdonald,1968. ISBN 356 01449 5....
  
   - six-seat trainer and coastal reconnaissance floatplane (1938)
• Farman NC.471 - six-seat trainer and coastal reconnaissance floatplane (1938)

See also

• Henry Farman
  Henry Farman
  Henri Farman Henri Farman Henri Farman (26 May 1874 – 17 July 1958 was a French pilot, aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer with his brother Maurice Farman. His family was British and he took French nationality in 1937.-Biography:...
  
  
• Société Générale de Transport Aériens
  Société Générale de Transport Aériens
  The Société Générale des Transports Aériens was a French airline founded in 1919. It operated until 1933 when its assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France airline.-History:...
  
  - airline initially formed as Lignes Aériennes Farman ("Farman airlines")

External links

• A brief introduction about Farman, and links to most of their work