The Levasseur PL.2 was a French biplane torpedo bomber designed by Pierre Levasseur for the French Navy.
Levasseur PL.2 | |
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Levasseur PL.2, June 1926 | |
Role | Torpedo-bomber biplane |
Manufacturer | Levasseur |
Designer | Pierre Levasseur |
First flight | November 1922 |
Introduction | 1926 |
Retired | 1932 |
Primary user | French Navy |
Produced | 1922-1923 |
Number built | 11 |
The second design of Pierre Levasseur was the PL.2, a single-seat unequal-span biplane inspired by designs from Blackburn Aircraft. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a nose-mounted Renault engine. The first of two prototypes first flew in November 1922. The second aircraft had a four-bladed propeller and other powerplant improvements. Nine production aircraft were built in 1923, these were fitted with ballonets and jettisonable landing gear for operations at sea.[1]
The aircraft entered service in 1926 aboard the French aircraft carrier Béarn and continued in use until they were scrapped in 1932.
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[2]
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