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189:Prototype with variable-pitch propeller.
496:. London: Studio Editions. p. 164.
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1019:Aircraft first flown in 1924
275:Spanish Republican Air Force
155:controllable-pitch propeller
362:990 kg (2,183 lb)
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374:1 ×
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113:The
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