Farman F.60 Goliath

The Farman F.60 Goliath was a French airliner and bomber built by Farman Aviation Works from 1919 that was instrumental in creating the first airlines and commercial routes in Europe after the First World War. It was designed in 1918 as a heavy bomber, a fixed-undercarriage three-bay biplane of fabric-covered wood powered by two Salmson 9Z engines, but the Armistice cancelled the orders and Farman converted its box-like fuselage to carry 12 or 14 passengers behind large windows. About 60 were built, and eight more were built under licence in Czechoslovakia by Avia and Letov. A Goliath flew 12 passengers from Toussus-le-Noble to Kenley on 8 February 1919, and in 1920 the airline CGEA began scheduled flights between Le Bourget and Croydon. The bomber version, the F.60 Bn.2, was delivered to French naval and army aviation in 210 examples.