Lioré et Olivier LeO H-24

Infobox Aircraft
name = LeO H.242


caption =
type = Passenger flying boat
national origin = France
manufacturer = Lioré et Olivier
designer =
first flight = 1929
introduction = 1933
retired = 1942
status =
primary user = Air France
more users =
produced =
number built = 15
program cost =
unit cost =
developed from =
variants with their own articles = The Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242 was a French-manufactured flying boat that was used for European passenger air services in the 1930s. Several were operated by Air France. One also features at the end of Hergé's Tintin adventure, "King Ottokar's Sceptre". [See [http://membres.lycos.fr/wings2/tintin/sceptre/sceptre.htm this external page for photographic evidence] .]

Variants

;H-24.01:First prototype. Powered by two 373 kW (500 hp) Renault 12Jb engines. One built.;H-242:Initial production. Powered by four Gnome et Rhône Titan Major radial engines. Two built;H-242/1:Revised production version. Modified engine installation. Fourteen built

Operators

;FRA
*Air France

pecifications (H-242/1)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref="The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" Donald 1997, p.568.]

crew=4
capacity=
length main= 18.45 m
length alt= 60 ft 6½ in
span main= 28.00 m
span alt= 91 ft 10¼ in
height main= 6.33 m
height alt= 20 ft 9¼ in
area main= 116.3 m²
area alt= 1,251 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 5,868 kg
empty weight alt= 12,937 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 8,700 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 19,180 lb
more general=

engine (prop)=Gnome-Rhône 7Kd Titan Major
type of prop=7-cylinder radial engine
number of props=4
power main= 261 kW
power alt= 350 hp
power original=

max speed main= 240 km/h
max speed alt= 130 knots, 149 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 1,100 km
range alt= 595 NM, 684 mi
ceiling main= 4,500 m
ceiling alt= 14,765 ft
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
more performance=

armament=

avionics=

References

*Donald, David (editor)."The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft". Leicester, UK:Blitz, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.