Potez 32

The Potez 32 and its military version the Potez 33 was a single-engined French monoplane transport built by Potez and based on the Potez 29 biplane.

Development

The Potez 32 was based on the Potez 29 biplane, it used the same fuselage, tail unit and landing gear of the 29 but was a high-wing strut-braced monoplane. The 32 was either a five-passenger transport or mailplane. The first aircraft was flown in 1928 and was followed by 54 production aircraft.

The militarized version the Potez 33 was first flown in 1928 and designed as a liaison or observation aircraft or could be used as a pilot or observer trainer. The 33 was fitted with dual controls and had large observation windows, it also had a dorsal machine-gun position and could carry light bombs on under-fuselage racks.

Variants

;Potez 32:Civil variant powered by a Salmson 9Ab engine, prototype and 31 production aircraft.;Potez 32/2:Civil variant powered by a 230hp (171kW) Lorraine 7Ma engine, one built.;Potez 32/3:Civil export variant for Canada with a 220hp (164kW) Wright J-5 radial engine, seven built.;Potez 32/4:Civil variant powered by a 380hp (283kW) Gnome-Rhone 9A and a small increase in wing area, nine built and five converted for Potez 32.;Potez 32/5:Experimental variant with a Hispano-Suize 9Qd engine, one built.;Potez 33/1:Military variant with a 230hp (172kW) Lorraine 7Me engine, two built for Portugal.;Potez 33/2:Military production variant with a Salmson 9Ab engine, 40 built for Brazilian and French Air Forces.;Potez 33/3:Military variant for Belgium with a 300hp (224kW) Gnome-Rhone 7Kdrs radial engine, four built.;Potez 33/4:Military variant for Belgium with a 300hp (224kW) Lorraine 9Na engine, eight built.

Operators

Potez 32 civil operators

;CAN ;FRA
* Aéropostale
*Air Orient
*CIDNA

Potez 33 military operators

;BEL;BRA;FRA;POR

pecifications (Potez 33/2)

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=