Farman MF.7

The Maurice Farman MF.7 Longhorn is a French reconnaissance biplane developed before World War I, which served in both the French and British air services in the early stages of the war before being used as a trainer aircraft.

Design and development
It had a single Renault "pusher" engine. Its name derived from the distinctive front-mounted elevator and elongated skids.

Operational history

 * Sixty MF.7s were sold to Norway and served with the Norwegian Army Air Service.
 * A Greek plane was converted to a hydroplane, flown by Michael Moutoussis and with Aristeidis Moraitinis as observer, it carried out the world's first air-naval co-operation mission during the First Balkan War.
 * MF.7s were used by the Imperial Japanese forces in the World War I Battle of Tsingtao, with one downed by the German force's sole working aircraft.
 * The Australian Flying Corps (AFC), provided with the MF.7 by the British Indian Army, operated it during the Mesopotamian campaign of 1915–16.

Operators

 * Australian Flying Corps
 * Mesopotamian Half Flight
 * Central Flying School AFC at Point Cook, Victoria.
 * Belgian Air Force
 * Royal Danish Air Force
 * French Air Force
 * 🇬🇷 Greece
 * Royal Hellenic Air Force
 * Royal Hellenic Navy
 * Norwegian Army Air Service operated 60 aircraft until the late 1920s.
 * Royal Flying Corps
 * No. 2 Squadron RFC
 * No. 3 Squadron RFC
 * No. 4 Squadron RFC
 * No. 9 Squadron RFC
 * No. 14 Squadron RFC
 * No. 16 Squadron RFC
 * No. 19 Squadron RFC
 * No. 23 Squadron RFC
 * No. 24 Squadron RFC
 * No. 25 Squadron RFC
 * No. 29 Squadron RFC
 * No. 30 Squadron RFC
 * No. 65 Squadron RFC
 * No. 4 Squadron RFC
 * No. 9 Squadron RFC
 * No. 14 Squadron RFC
 * No. 16 Squadron RFC
 * No. 19 Squadron RFC
 * No. 23 Squadron RFC
 * No. 24 Squadron RFC
 * No. 25 Squadron RFC
 * No. 29 Squadron RFC
 * No. 30 Squadron RFC
 * No. 65 Squadron RFC

Survivors

 * Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Paris
 * Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo