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wood apart from four duralumin longerons. They were set at an appropriate angle of incidence to provide extra lift. There was a mooring position in the nose, an open cockpit for pilot and mechanic. Two internal cabins, one ahead of the cockpit and one aft could each accommodate four passengers. The tail unit of the Latécoère 23 was much cleaner than that of its predecessor, with control surfaces merging smoothly into the lines of tailplane and fin. The former was unbraced and mounted about halfway up the fin, with a large cut-out for rudder movement.
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thickness. The Latécoère 23 carried full span ailerons in three sections per wing, fitted with trim tabs. The wings were not attached directly to the fuselage, but to the sponsons: on each side a parallel pair of streamlined struts leaned outwards from near the tip of the sponson to mid-wing, and a second pair ran inwards to the wing centreline below the engines. On the Latécoère 21 the engines were mounted on the chord line, but the two 500 hp (373 kW)
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for stability on the water. Its wing, like that of the earlier aircraft was very rectangular and of mixed wood and metal construction. The span was increased by 27% and the wing area by about the same. The sharply cropped wingtips of the Latécoère 21 were replaced by bevelled ends of decreasing
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Enderlin, Latécoère's test pilot was in charge of trials during the autumn of 1927. These passed without incident, but on 31 December 1927, with Enderlin and four others on board spun in during landing approach, killing everyone. No more Latécoère 23s were built, but by the time of the
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water-cooled W-12 piston engine , 373 kW (500 hp) each
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