Farman Aviation Works · Pioneer trainer and touring aircraft
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
The open-frame Farman IV became an influential early design for training, touring, record flights, and the rapid spread of practical piloting skills. Its straightforward pusher arrangement and forgiving control made it useful at flying schools, where copies and derivatives helped standardize aviation during its experimental first decade.
INTERACTIVE MODEL LOADS WHEN NEARBY
2016 / ModernAirframe B
F-35A Lightning II
Lockheed Martin · Conventional multirole fighter
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
The conventional-runway F-35A combines low-observable shaping, sensor fusion, and internal weapons carriage with the lightest airframe and largest internal fuel load of the three F-35 variants. It entered U.S. Air Force operational service in 2016 and is designed for both air-to-air and precision-strike missions.
PERFORMANCE
SPECIFICATION BREAKDOWN
METRICFarman IVF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
40 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
1,640 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
47 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Early flight · 1909REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
FranceDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Pioneer trainer and touring aircraftDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Conventional multirole fighterDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Values are concise archive references and can vary by variant, payload, configuration, altitude, operating conditions, and source. Range may describe different published measures where a directly comparable figure is unavailable.
