Farman F.500

The Farman F.500 Monitor was a 1950s Franco-Belgian two-seat training aircraft.

Development

Farman had earlier produced the Stampe SV.4 under licence, and with the co-operation of Stampe designed a two-seat training monoplane using SV-4 components designated the Farman F.500. The prototype, named the Monitor I, first flew on 11 July 1952, it was a cantilever low-wing monoplane of mixed construction and conventional tail unit. It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear and room for two crew in tandem under a continuous canopy and was powered by a Renault 4Pei engine. The production version designated the Monitor II was placed into production and first flew on 5 August 1955, it had all-metal wings and a Salmson-Argus engine. Production also took place in Belgium with Stampe et Renard under the designation SR.7B Monitor IV.

Variants

F.500 Monitor I

Prototype with a Renault 4Pei or Renault 4Po-05 engine, of wooden construction, one built, first flown on 11 July 1952.

F.510 Monitor II

French production aircraft with a Salmson 8As-04 engine, metal construction, one built, first flown on 5 August 1955.

F.520 Monitor III

Prototype Monitor I re-engined with a Régnier 4L-02 engine, first flown on 15 June 1953.

F.521 Monitor III

with a Régnier 4L-22 engine, one built.

SR.7B Monitor IV

Belgian production aircraft.

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

Bibliography

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1759