Latécoère 26

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name=Latécoère 26


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type=Mail-carrying monoplane
manufacturer=Latécoère
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first flight=1926
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number built=90
variants with their own articles=The Latécoère 26 was a French monoplane mailplane designed and built by Latécoère.

Development

Designed in the 1920s as a mail carrier the Latécoère 26 first flew in 1926, based on the earlier Latécoère 25 with a longer fuselage. It had a parasol wing with a fixed tailskid landing gear. The main landing gear was both robust and wide-track to enable the aircraft to land on unprepared surfaces. Powered by a single nose-mounted Renault 12Ja piston engine. Designed as a mail carrier it had room for only two passengers and an open cockpit for the pilot.

Operational history

Most of the aircraft were operated by Aéropostale on North and West African mail routes, two aircraft were sold in Argentina.

Variants

;Laté 26:Initial production variant.;Laté 26-2-R:Introduced in 1927 it had a radio compartment.;Laté 26-3:Added fuel tank in wing centre-section.;Laté 26-3-R:With a balanced rudder.;Laté 26-6:Added a co-pilots cockpit in tandem behind the pilot, different landing gear and increased fuel capacity.;Laté 26-6/2:Re-engined with a 500hp (373kW) Renault engine and reduced wing area and tail surfaces.

Operators

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*Aéropostale

pecifications (26-2-R)

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capacity=2 passengers and 5m³ (176.57ft³) of mail.
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wing area sqm=48.60
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empty weight kg=1590
empty weight lb=3505
gross weight kg=3364
gross weight lb=7,416
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range km=680
range miles=423
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