During the course of the 1930s decade, aircraft of this family held various world records in their class for speed, altitude, duration, and distance; the F.356 model alone held no fewer than 18 such records. Typical of these exploits was
Marcel Lalouette and
Jean de Permangle's long-distance flight on 12 January 1931, where they flew an
F.231 from
Istres, France, to
Villa Cisneros, in colonial
West Africa during which they covered 2,700 km (1,690 mi) in 22 hours and set a new distance record. In another feat,
Jean Réginensi and
André Bailly set three world airspeed records in October 1933 (over 100 km, 500 km, and 1,000 km) flying a
F.239. ==Variants==