Talk:Farman III

Surviving Examples?
Anyone know how many of these were built and if any have survived?

There is a replica Farman III in Hong Kong Airport (Terminal 1). See: |First Powered Flying in Asia, the Spirit of Sha Tin (沙田精神號) and the intrepid Charles Van den Born

I believe that there is a single surviving Farman III in Japan. From this article on The Japan Times, and the 1987 book "Contact" by Henry Serrano Villard, there exists an original 1910 Henri Farman biplane in the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum, the very same aircraft which was piloted by Yoshitoshi Tokugawa on the very first powered flight in Japan. This must a Farman III, as it is cited by multiple sources (including Tokugawa's Wikipedia page) that the first flight was on a Farman III. Unless there are any objections, I'm going to change the article to reflect this information. user:FossilDS 17:03, 4 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Greetings, I am from Hong Kong and is currently adding information on the Chinese article about the Spirit of Sha Tin. I mainly wish to ask if you have more information on the Farman II, III, IV planes, as I have seen sources stating the Spirit of Sha Tin is one of these models, and I am afraid it was not a Farman III.
 * The Chinese article originally did not state the exact model of the plane, only referring it as a "Farman plane". I have found various sources, mainly in English, about the replica that is on display at the HKG terminal.
 * Note that some information from your first link might be misleading or inaccurate. Charles Van den Born first flew in Saigon(then Indochina) and Bangkok before Hong Kong, the plane was named "Wanda", after the governor of Indochina's daughter. "Spirit of Sha Tin" is the name for the replica, people don't name things like that back in those days, and I don't see sources saying Henri is Belgian-born. This might also be the only source stating it is a Farmen III.
 * This is a page where I found some very detailed information(the title links to this wiki page, which is odd since the site showed sources stating it was a II or IV), notice that the second page of the magazine article states it is a Farmen IV, while near the bottom of the page, a photo description from the HKHAA(they organized the replica to be built) next to a Kodak logo, states that it is a Farman II. The plane used in 1911 was modified so that it could be easily disassembled into 7 parts for easier transport, some sources says that one modification involve changing from two rudders to one.
 * The webpage I linked to has some photos of the original plane, I am hoping that if there are accurate and clear pictures of Farman II, III, IV planes, it would help identifying the correct model. Sohryu Asuka Langley Not Shikinami (talk) 10:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC)