Lioré et Olivier LeO H-190
| H-190 |
| Role |
Amphibian airliner |
| National origin |
France |
| Manufacturer |
Lioré et Olivier |
| First flight |
1926 |
| Number built |
45 |
The Lioré et Olivier H-190 was a flying boat airliner produced in France in the late 1920s.[1] Conventional for its day, it was a single-bay biplane with unstaggered wings, its single engine mounted tractor-fashion underneath the upper wing and supported on struts in the interplane gap. Early examples had the pilot's open cockpit located aft of the wing, but this was later relocated forward of the wing.[1]
Developed as a passenger transport, versions of the H-190 were also built as catapult-ready mail planes intended to be launched from transatlantic liners, and as coastal patrol aircraft.[1]
The sole LeO H-194 was flown by Marc Bernard together with a CAMS 37 flown by René Guilbaud in a long-distance expeditionary flight across Africa in late 1926. They covered 28,000 km (17,000 mi) in three months, covering Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Belgian Congo, Mozambique and Madagascar.[1]
Variants
- H-190T ("Transport") - airliner with Gnome-Rhône 9Ab engine (5 built)
- H-191 - trainer (1 built)
- H-192 - airliner similar to H-190T, but with cockpit in new position (2 built)
- H-193 - similar to H-192, but with reinforced wing (5 built)
- H-193S ("Surveillance") - maritime patrol version of H-193 (15 built)
- H-193HS - H-193S with Hispano-Suiza 12Mb engine (1 converted)
- H-194 - version for long-distance flight (1 built)
- H-196 - similar to H-193 (1 built)
- H-197S (Sanitaire) - air ambulance version of H-193 (1 built)
- H-198 - catapult-capable mailplane with Gnome et Rhône 9Ab engine (9 built) and airliner with Renault 12Ja engine (3 built)
- H-199 - twin-engine version, with second engine mounted in pusher-fashion in tandem with the first: examples with Hispano-Suiza 6Mbr (1 built) and Gnome-Rhône 7Kb (1 built)
Specifications (H-193)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 pilot
- Capacity: 6 passengers
- Length: 12.50 m (41 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Height: 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 64.2 m2 (690 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1,810 kg (3,980 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,200 kg (7,040 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône 9Ad, 310 kW (420 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph)
- Range: 620 km (390 miles)
Notes
- ^ a b c d Taylor 1989, 580
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- aviafrance.com
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