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The Latécoère 521 Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris was a French six-engined flying boat and one of the first large trans-Atlantic passenger aircraft. Two of the engines were mounted as tandem pairs behind the inner front engines facing backward.

Latécoère 521 - six-engined prototype large flying boat (France 1935) Latécoère 522 & also 523 Short S.1
Un Latécoère 521 est mis alors en projet et une base d’hydravions est installée à Biscarosse dans les Landes.2
Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" flying boat (2 min 22 sec) Re: Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" supplement (0 min 30 sec) 3
The Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris", was a French six-engined flying boat, and one of the first large trans-Atlantic passenger aircraft.4

Made by Pierre-Georges Latécoère.

* Latécoère 521 - six-engined prototype large flying boat (1935) * Latécoère 522 - six-engined commercial large flying boat (1935) * Latécoère 523 - six-engined military large 5
* Latécoère 521 Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris * Latécoère 522 Ville de St-Pierre * Latécoère 631 Lionel 6
Latécoère 521, ?Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris? flying boat | Akabar ... ... 6, Air Arabia, www.airarabia.com, 2.47%, 8. 7, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, www.klm.com, 2.27%, 5. 8, Vueling Airlines, www.vueling.7
Height Main
9.07 m
Height Alt
906.78
Length Alt
3162.3
Max Takeoff Weight Main
37993.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
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* List of seaplanes and flying boats
Range Main
3900.0
Loaded Weight Main
37933.0
Max Speed Alt
9120.0
Type Of Prop
water-cooled V12 engines
Max Speed Main
247.0
Capacity
30
Cruise Speed Main
210.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
83585.0
Ceiling Main
6
300 m
Number Built
1
Span Main
49.31 m
Cruise Speed Alt
130 mph
Area Main
330 m²
Primary user
Air France
Span Alt
161
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
860 hp
Engine(prop)
Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs
Manufacturer
Pierre-Georges Latécoère
First Flight
10
Loaded Weight Alt
83627.0
Power Main
570.0
Number Of Props
6
Empty Weight Alt
45084.0
Length Main
31.62 m
Area Alt
3551.0
Range Alt
144360.0
Similar Aircraft
* Boeing 314* Dornier Do X* Saunders-Roe Princess
Empty Weight Main
20493.0
Ceiling Alt
20664.0
Category
French airliners 1930-1939
French civil aircraft 1930-1939
Latécoère aircraft
Seaplanes and flying boats

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