Farman F.80

The Farman F.80 was a French basic trainer biplane of the 1920s, designed by Farman to compete against the Hanriot HD-14. It was an equal-span two-bay tractor biplane with tandem open cockpits for instructor and pupil and a tailskid undercarriage whose two main units were set wide apart for stability on the ground. A pair of auxiliary wheels at the front prevented the aircraft from nosing over and damaging what was then an expensive wooden propeller. A single Renault 8Gd 50 degree V-8 piston engine of 142 kilowatts gave it a maximum and cruising speed of 150 kilometres per hour. The aircraft did not meet with any success and was not ordered into production, so the type remained a design that Farman built only as a competitor.