Loire 70

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name = Loire 70
type = Long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat
manufacturer = Loire


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The Loire 70 was a 1930s French long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat produced by Loire.

Design and development

The Loire 70 was designed to meet a 1932 French Navy requirement for a long-range flying boat for maritime reconnaissance and bombing. The prototype first flew on 28 December 1933cite book |last= Green |first=William |title=Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Five, Flying Boats |year= 1968|publisher= Macdonald|location=London|pages= p.6-9 |isbn= 356 01449 5 ] . It was an all-metal monoplane, with a heavily braced high wing, with three radial engines mounted above the wing, two as tractors and one as a pusher. The original engines (three 500 hp (373 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Kbr radials) were not powerful enough and were replaced with 740 hp (552 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Kfr radials. Seven production aircraft were produced.

Operational history

The seven production aircraft and the prototype were all delivered to the French Navy, serving with "Escadrille E7" at Karouba in Tunisia. During the early days of the war the aircraft carried out patrols in the Mediterranean. On an Italian air raid on their base on 12 June 1940 three of the four surviving aircraft were destroyed. It is not known what happened to the last aircraft.

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*French Navy

pecifications

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wing area sqm=136
wing area sqft=1,463.94
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empty weight kg=6500
empty weight lb=14,330
gross weight kg=11500
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max speed kmh=235
max speed mph=146
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cruise speed kmh=165
cruise speed mph=102.5
range km=3000
range miles=1,864
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ceiling m=4000
ceiling ft=13,125
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armament1=Six 7.5mm (0.295 in) Darne machine guns
armament2=600 Kg (1,323) of bombs or
armament3=four 75 kg (165 lb) anti-submarine grenades
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References

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

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