Four Jero/Farman (Henri) H.F. 16 aircraft, called "biplans de campagne" or field biplanes, constructed under licence by the company "Ets Bollekens (Jero)" at Antwerpen were delivered between July 6th, 1912 and the end of August 1912. Ordered on March 11th, 1912, these aircraft equipped with a 70 hp Gnome rotary engine could reach a maximum speed of 105 km/h. Compared to the "Farman H.F. 3 Ecole", the H.F.16 was much smaller and equipped with a fuselage, while still retaining the frontal stabiliser. In august 1912 the first trial sessions of a H.F.16 equipped with a Lewis machine gun took place at Brasschaat, a first in Europe. As problems were encountered with the 70hp Gnomes of the H.F.16's all four aircraft were retrofitted with 80hp Gnome engines and new propellers On 28 March 1913, the Ecole d'Aviation orders a engineless H.F. 16 at the Bollekens company probably to be equipped with the 70hp Gnome engine recuperated from the crashed Farman FRN (Farman Rapide Nélis).