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Useful load - - - - - - - 4,500 kgs.
Total weight - - - - - - 10,500 kgs.
Speed at sea level - - -    160 k/h.
Ceiling - - - - - - - - - 4,500 m.

Owing to the difficulty of packing and shipping these enormous wings, the trailing edges are removable. This machine is now at Orly undergoing assembly for preliminary tests.

FARMAN GOLIATH.

Fifty Goliath type bombers are being built for the French Government. They are motored with two 235 h.p. Salmson motors in nacelles mounted on the bottom wing. They carry approximately one ton of bombs and seven hours' gas. However, Mr. Farman would prefer the machine with motors of the 270 h.p. Renault type due to the fact that a lot of trouble has been experienced with the Salmson engines. These bombers have been designed to fulfill night bombardment specifications and the characteristics of this machine in total will be found in our files.

Thirty-five of the Farman Goliath type have been constructed for transport work and are about completed. 

One of this type of ship has been built and remodeled to be used as a flying laboratory. The rear compartment contains 

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