Loire 102

Loire 102
Role Mail plane flying boat
Manufacturer Loire
First flight 12 May 1936
Retired 1938
Produced 1


The Loire 102 was a 1930s French flying boat designed as a mail plane by Loire Aviation.

Development

The Loire 102 was designed to operate as a mailplane on the South Atlantic route between West Africa and Brazil. The prototype (registered F-AOVV and named Bretagne) first flew on 12 May 1936. It was a flying boat with a two step hull on top was a superstructure with a control cabin and crew compartments. In the forward hull was a cabin for four passengers, and to the rear were holds for mail, baggage and other cargo. It had a high braced wing on top of the wing was four Hispano-Suiza 12Xirs in tandem pairs (in tractor/pusher configuration). It originally had twin vertical tail surfaces but these were replaced with a single large fin and rudder. The aircraft had severe vibration problems which could not be fixed and Bretagne was scrapped in 1938 without going into service.

Specifications

Data from Grey 1972, p. 104c

General characteristics

Performance

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