Farman MF.7 Longhorn

The Maurice Farman MF.7 Longhorn was a French three-bay pusher biplane of the years before the First World War, flown for reconnaissance by the French and British air services in the opening stage of the war and then relegated to training. It carried a distinctive forward elevator on upcurved extensions of the landing skids, which gave it its nickname, and its tail was carried on four booms. A Renault air-cooled V8 engine drove a pusher propeller at the back of a fabric-covered nacelle. The design grew out of Maurice Farman's second aircraft of 1910, and versions of it won the Michelin Cup in 1910 and the Puy de Dome prize in 1911. Aircraft also served in Australia, Spain, Norway, Japan and Greece, and examples survive in Paris and Oslo.