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c/n 25 Built 1920 Powered by an 80hp Renault 8B, the Farman F.46 was a dual-control training type based on the standard F40 design. Two were delivered to Norway in 1920 but were already obsolete and saw little use before being retired in 1928. This amazing survivor is on display in a controlled environment as part of the Flysamlingen Forsvarets Museer (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection). Oslo Gardermoen, Norway. 26th May 2019

The following information is translated from the museum website:-

“When the Army Air Forces in 1919 were to find a new type of training to replace their old Farman aircraft from before the First World War, the choice was of amazingly similar construction. Aircraft with a pusher engine, that is, with the engine located behind the gondola, were completely obsolete after the Great War development. The acquisition of the two Farman F.46 aircraft was therefore strongly criticized both within the Army Air Force's management and among the pilots. The aircraft were, like the other Farman aircraft, built in France where brothers Richard, Henri and Maurice Farman had established themselves as aircraft designers as early as 1909. The two F.46 were delivered from the brothers' factory in Billancourt. After arriving at Kjeller, the two planes were assigned to the Flyveskolen and got the Army Air Service numbers 25 and 27. In practice they were almost never in the air and when they were discarded in 1928 with only a few hours in the logbook, they had been unused for several years. The Defense Aircraft Collection Farman F.46 was piloted in France by the Chief of the Army Aircraft Factory on September 8, 1920. The machine was then shipped to Norway where it arrived Kjeller on November 2. After receiving check, the aircraft was assigned to Army No. 25 and delivered to the Flight School on January 20, 1921. Until September 1925, No. 25 had logged a total running time of just six hours and 13 minutes. After that, it never flew again.