- SCAN 20
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name=SCAN 20
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type=Flying-boat trainer
manufacturer=SCAN
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first flight=1945
introduced=1951
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primary user=French Navy
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number built=24
variants with their own articles=The SCAN 20 was a 1940s French flying-boat training monoplane designed and built by Société de Constructions Aéro-Navales de Port-Neuf (SCAN). The prototype was built in secret in 1941 it was hidden until the liberation of France and first flown in 1945.Development
The SCAN 20 was designed to meet a French Air Ministry requirement for a small flying-boat trainer. The SCAN 20 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying-boat with strut-mounted floats under each wing. It had twin fin with rudders on a raised tailplane and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating for two. Built in secret during 1941 it was not flown until after the liberation of France in October 1945. The protoype had a single
Béarn 6-D inline engine strut-mounted above the wing An order for 30 aircraft with a more powerful engine was placed for the French Navy but only 23 were delivered.Operators
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