Single engine, two seat observation aircraft

 

 

    The JERO-Farman type Militaire 1913 (also called F.XVI (F.16 or HF 16) 8 of which were ordered on 28 March 1913, was developed from the Farman HF.16 used by the French army since 1912, but lacking the rudder pedal extensions protruding the front fuselage and introducing oblique wooden masts linking the lower wing with the upper wing extensions. The new model also was equipped with a higher undercarriage, larger capacity fuel tank (which allowing flights to up to three hours) and an elliptical rudder. Powered by a Gnome 80hp rotary engine, the H.F.16 could reach a maximum speed of 105 km/h. JERO (Bollekens) delivered a first machine still equipped with the frontal elevator, but tests done in May showed that this "planche à pain" could be eliminated and all subsequent aircraft were delivered without this forward vision obstructing feature: six aircraft in July and two in August 1913. Eight of these aircraft participated in the manoeuvres in the "Entre Sambre et Meuse" region at the end of August and early September of that same year. A non-determined small number of supplementary JERO-Farman Type Militaire 1913 (some were restorations/composites) was delivered later on after the start of World War I. (D. Brackx & Ph. Doppagne)