Potez 29
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| name = Potez 29 | image = File:Potez 29 North Africa January 1943 342-FH 000698.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Potez 29 in North Africa, January 1943 }} {{Infobox Aircraft Type | type = Transport biplane | national origin = France | manufacturer = Potez | designer = | first flight = 1927 | introduced = | retired = | status = | primary user = French Air Force | more users = | produced = | number built = 146 | variants with their own articles = }} |
The Potez 29 was a 1920s French passenger biplane designed and built by Avions Henry Potez. Although designed as a civilian aircraft, a large number entered service with the French Air Force.
Development
The Potez 29 was a biplane powered by a nose-mounted 335 kW (450 hp) Lorraine 12Eb broad-arrow piston engine, with a fixed tailskid landing gear. Based on the earlier Potez 25, with the same wings and engine, the Potez 29 had a new fuselage with an enclosed cockpit for two crew and a cabin for five passengers. The 29 proved to be a success; it entered service with civilian airlines, and 120 were delivered to the French Air Force, mainly as an air ambulance and light transport.
Variants
;Potez 29
:Prototype and six production aircraft with a Lorraine 12Eb engine.
;Potez 29/2
:Production variant for the French Air Force with a Lorraine 12Eb engine, 123 built.
;Potez 29/4
:Civil variant with a 359 kW (480 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ady Jupiter radial engine, 15 built.
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Specifications (Potez 29)
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See also
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- List of Interwar military aircraft
- List of aircraft of World War II
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References
{{commons category|Potez 29}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
- {{cite book |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985) |publisher=Orbis Publishing}}
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