06/30/2015. Remarks by Kees Kort: "The Farman F.270 was designed as a replacement for the Farman F.168 floatplane bomber in service with the l'Aéronautique maritime (French Navy). The prototype, ultimately the only copy as the Navy placed no orders, was built in July 1932 with two 700 hp Gnome & Rhône 14Kbrs Mistral-Major fourteen-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engines driving four-bladed propellers. The test flights were carried out with a wheel landing gear, most likely the intended floats were never installed.

Farman, indefatigable, tried to produce an F.168 replacement with an improved F.270 which was designated as F.271. To improve the stability of the aircraft, the fuselage of the F.270 was lengthened by 7 ft 3.8 in (2.23 m) which is clearly visible when comparing both photos. Fitted with two 890 hp Gnome & Rhône 14Kirs engines, the F.271 was completed in May 1934, but was again not ordered by the Navy because of inadequate performance. Thereafter the F.271 was for some time used as a test bench for a number of engines, including the Hispano-Suiza 14 Ha."