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Title: Farman-Goliath |
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Description: This illustration by George Villa depicts Henry and Maurice Farman, the two founders of the Farman-Goliath airlines, and the prime minister of France, George Clemenceau. The snake under Clemenceau’s left foot is a reference to Germany under the airplane restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. Clemenceau’s stands on the snake, symbolizing the post world War I restriction put on the German airlines . The Farman brothers built their first airplane in 1907. Soon after World War I, The Farman brothers built the Farman-Goliath twelve passenger, twin engine commercial transport version of a bomber aircraft. In 1919, the F.60 Farman-Goliath airplane, built by Henry and Maurice Farman, made the first passenger flight from Paris to London, carrying 11 military personnel. George Clemeceau, the prime minister of France from 1917-1920, reconciled the interests of France, Great Britain and the U.S. by insisting on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The treaty, signed in the Hall of Mirrors in the Versailles Palace, stipulated that the German government could not produce large passenger airplanes. This restriction, which was supposed to hinder the government from rearming the military, also put a damper on finances for the German airline industry. |
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