Farman F.180

The Farman F.180 Oiseau Bleu, meaning Bluebird, was a French biplane airliner designed and produced by Farman in the mid-1920s for long-distance commercial routes. It had an oval-section fuselage and unequal-span two-bay wings, which was advanced for the decade, with an enclosed cockpit for two crew and a luxury cabin for 24 passengers. Two Farman piston engines were mounted in push-pull configuration in tandem beneath the upper wing centre section. A narrow-track main undercarriage gave a rough ride on grass airfields. There was once an intention to fly it across the Atlantic between Paris and New York, but the planned crossing was cancelled. Three were built for the company's own airline, Farman Line, and flew routes from Paris to other European capitals.