Farman HF.16

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| name = HF.16

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}}{{Infobox Aircraft Type

| type = Reconnaissance

| manufacturer = Farman
Anatra
Dux
V.V Slyusarenko Factory

| designer = Henri Farman

| first flight = 1912

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| primary user = Imperial Russian Air Service

| more users = Belgian Air Component

| produced =

| number built = 300 (Russian Empire)

| developed from =

| developed into = Farman HF.20

| variants with their own articles =

}}

The Farman HF.16 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War. Aircraft of this type were also produced under license in the Russian Empire and served with the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War One.

Operators

;{{BEL}}

: Aviation Militaire Belge/Belgische militaire luchtvaart - received four HF.16s in 1912{{sfn|Wauthy|De Neve|1995|p=57}}

;{{RUS}}

: Imperial Russian Air Service{{Cite book |last=Blume |first=August G |title=The Russian Military Air Fleet in World War I |date=2010 |publisher=Schiffer |isbn=978-0764333514 |volume=1 - A chronology 1910-1917 |location=United States |pages=302}}

Specifications (HF.16)

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|height m=3.15

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References

{{cite magazine |last1=Wauthy |first1=Jean-Luc |last2=De Neve |first2=Florimond |title=Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne belge: Première partie: 1909–1918 |magazine=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=March 1995 |issue=304 |pp=56–61 |language=Fr}}

Farman HF.16

Operators

Specifications (HF.16)

References

Further reading