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Loire 50 / 501 Loire 50 / 501

1931

A three-seat parasol-wing flying-boat for liaison or training duties, the Loire 50.01 prototype first flew on 7 September 1931. After ...

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In 1927, the shipbuilding concern Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire established an aircraft division and, in 1929, initiated design of a ...

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Loire 43

1932

Loire 43

Loire 70 Loire 70

1933

An eight-man long-range maritime reconnaissance and bombing flying-boat designed to a 1932 French navy requirement, the prototype Loire 70 made ...

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Built as a replacement for the Loire 43, the Loire 45 employed a fundamentally similar airframe, but was fitted with an ...

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Loire 45

1933

Loire 45

Loire 46 Loire 46

1934

In order to rectify the inadequate visibility from the cockpit suffered by the Loire 45, a major redesign was undertaken and ...

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Built to meet a 1933 requirement of the French navy for an all-purpose shipboard catapult-launched three-seat seaplane, the prototype Loire ...

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Loire 130

1934

Loire 130

Loire 210 Loire 210

1935

In 1933, the Marine Nationale formulated and issued a requirement for a modern float-equipped fighter that could be launched from the rotatable ...

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In 1934, the Service Technique issued an outline specification for a new single-seat fighter, all the contenders but one having all-metal stressed-skin ...

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Loire 250

1935

Loire 250

Loire 102 Loire 102

1936

Designed for the South Atlantic mail route between West Africa and Brazil, the Loire 101 Bretagne (Brittany) flew for the ...

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