| F. 121 (F. 3X) Jabiru | |
|---|---|
| Type | airliner |
| Manufacturer | Farman Aviation Works |
| Maiden flight | 1923 |
| Introduced | 1923 |
| Primary users | France Denmark |
| Developed from | Farman F-120 Jabiru |
The Farman F. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord 120 and its derivatives were a family of multi-engine airliners and bombers of the 1920s built by the Farman Aviation Works in France. Farman Aviation Works was an aeronautic enterprise founded and run by the brothers Henry and Maurice Farman.
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Design and development
The F. 3X or F. 121 Jabiru (named after a Latin American stork) was a fixed-undercarriage shoulder-wing monoplane powered by four 180-hp Hispano-Suiza 8Ac engines installed in tandem pairs (pusher-puller) under the wings. This article is about the bird Jabiru mycteria from the Americas for other uses see Jabiru (disambiguation. In spite of being considered one of the ugliest aircraft ever designed, it first flew in 1923 and won a French airliner competition, the 1923 Grand Prix des Avions de Transports, and its 500,000 francs first prize.
Operational history
The Jabiru was capable of carrying up to 9 passengers, and served on Farman airline's route Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam, but also with Danish Air Lines between Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, (Danish Air Lines or DDL was Denmark 's flag carrier Airline since 1918 and is the oldest airline still in existence Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city They served until the late 1920s.
Civil operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 13. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, (Danish Air Lines or DDL was Denmark 's flag carrier Airline since 1918 and is the oldest airline still in existence This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA was a French airline founded in 1919 92 m (45 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 19. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 00 m (62 ft 4 in)
- Height: 4. 50 m (14 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 81 m² (871 ft²)
- Empty weight: 3,404 kg (7,497 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 5220 kg (11,497 lb)
- Powerplant: 4× Hispano-Suiza 8Ac, 244 kw (180 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph)
- Cruise speed: 175 km/h (108 mph)
- Range: 750 km (466 miles)
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