Latécoère 32

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The Latécoère 32 was a flying boat built in France in 1928 for use on Aéropostale's mail routes to North Africa. A strengthened and enlarged version of the Latécoère 23, it was a parasol-wing monoplane with sponsons for stability in the water and two engines mounted in tandem push-pull configuration on the wing.

Put into service on the Marsailles-Algiers and Toulouse-Algiers routes, the aircraft proved most unreliable and were involved in a number of accidents. At the end of 1931, the five surviving examples were re-engined and persisted in service a little longer.

Variants

* Latécoère 32 - original version with Farman 12We engines
* Latécoère 32-3 - remotorised version with Hispano-Suiza 12Hbr engines

pecifications

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crew=One pilot
capacity=Mail, or up to 4 passengers
length m=16.60
length ft=64
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wing area sqft=1,324
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empty weight kg=5,460
empty weight lb=12,040
gross weight kg=7,500
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range miles=930
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References

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* [http://www.aviafrance.com/972.htm aviafrance.com]
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/flyboat/late32.html Уголок неба]