Latécoère 32

The Latécoère 32 was a flying boat built in France in 1928 for use on Aéropostale's mail routes to North Africa.

Development 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.

Operational history Put into service on the Marseille–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 with Hispano Suiza 12Hbr engines and re-designated Latécoère 32-3, which persisted in service a little longer.

Eight Latécoère 32's were built with the following construction numbers (numéros d'usine) and registrations:- no77 - F-AILN no78 - F-AILU no79 - F-AILT no80 - F-AISN no81 - F-AISO no82 - F-AIRU no84 - F-AITX no85 - F-AJBK

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

Operators Air France Aéropostale

Specifications (Latécoère 32-3)

Latécoère 32

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