Farman F.380
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The Farman F.380 was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 single-seat racing monoplane designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for air racing.

Development

The F.380 was a low-wing monoplane that first flew in 1933. It was similar but smaller than the contemporary F.370
Farman F.370
The Farman F.370 was a French single-seat racing monoplane designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for air racing.-Development:The F.370 was a low-wing monoplane that first flew on the 22 April 1933...

 and was powered by a 155 hp (116 kW) Renault Bengali inverted inline piston engine. Like the F.370 it had streamlined features, including a shallow fin faired into the open cockpit headrest and fixed main monowheel landing gear faired into the engine and oil radiators of the engine. It was entered into the 1933 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race were the landing gear collapsed at the start of the race. Despite this setback, before the race it had broken the class world speed record at 303.387 km/h over a 200 km course.

Specifications (F.380)

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