Post by Diarist on Jun 27, 2015 7:22:17 GMT 1
The Levasseur PL.10 is a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft developed in France in the late 1920s. It is a conventional, single-bay biplane along similar lines to Levasseur's contemporary designs for the French navy, including a watertight, boat-shaped fuselage, small underwing floats, and undercarriage that can be jettisoned in flight in order to improve the changes of a successful ditching.
Thirty of these machines were purchased by the Aéronavale, entering service aboard the carrier Béarn in 1931 under the designation R3b. In 1935, these are being followed by thirty examples of an improved version, the PL.101, which are replacing the original PL.10s in service aboard the carrier.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levasseur_PL.10
Thirty of these machines were purchased by the Aéronavale, entering service aboard the carrier Béarn in 1931 under the designation R3b. In 1935, these are being followed by thirty examples of an improved version, the PL.101, which are replacing the original PL.10s in service aboard the carrier.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levasseur_PL.10