301:. They both contested the Circuit des Alpes, with the Hispano powered aircraft officially entered and placed second, under two minutes behind the winner and the second, unofficial entrant six minutes behind. The Potez 50 A2, powered by a 520 kW (700 hp) 14Kbrs Mistral Major engine, set two international records at Villacoublay on 16 September 1932 carrying a useful loads of 500 and 1,000 kg (1,100 and 2,200 lb) over 500 km (310 mi); the heavier load was carried at 294.194 km/h (182.804 mph). In December it was on display at the 1932 Paris Aero Show, identified as the
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was a French two seat military multi-role aircraft, first flown in 1931. It did not go into service but seven variants using five different engines were produced, one of them setting several speed with useful load records and another, the
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on parallel pairs of outward and slightly backward leaning
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759:"À l'Aéro-Club de France – Homologation de records"
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553:2Ă—machine guns on a flexible mount in rear cockpit
603:"La tournée de propagande du Ministere de L'Air"
347:military prototype as described, initially with
286:with an unspecified 480 kW (650 hp)
1321:1930s French military reconnaissance aircraft
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361:. It later had a 750 kW (1,000 hp)
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826:Hirschauer 1936-7, L.; Dollfus, Ch. (1937).
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324:During May 1935 Détré demonstrated the
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922:Bruno Parmentier (25 January 2004).
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261:was fixed with the mainwheels under
203:, enclosed by a close fitting metal
550:1Ă—fixed, forward firing machine gun
448:14.80 m (48 ft 7 in)
442:9.496 m (31 ft 2 in)
328:with a 750 kW (1,000 hp)
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583:Frachet, André (11 March 1932).
402:Gnome-RhĂ´ne 14Kdrs Mistral Major
392:Gnome-RhĂ´ne 14Kbrs Mistral Major
359:Gnome-RhĂ´ne 14Kbrs Mistral Major
160:. The outward leaning pairs of
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911:: 2014/032, 2014/126, 2014/170.
460:42 m (450 sq ft)
777:"The World's Aviation Records"
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472:2,700 kg (5,952 lb)
176:and were mounted with marked
1331:Aircraft first flown in 1931
870:(2040): 114. 29 August 1948.
789:(1338): 844. 16 August 1934.
645:(548): 11. 17 December 1931.
238:to be varied in flight. Its
858:"Women's Records (Class C)"
585:"L'avion Henry Potez 50 A2"
492:, 450 kW (600 hp)
254:which reached to the keel.
16:French biplane of the 1930s
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400:600 kW (800 hp)
357:520 kW (700 hp)
250:and a rounded, unbalanced
804:"The new altitude record"
744:(23): 7. 3 December 1932.
699:(583): 3. 18 August 1932.
299:Gnome-RhĂ´ne Mistral Major
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681:(559): 12. 3 March 1932.
627:(539): 12. October 1931.
765:(616): 9. 6 April 1933.
609:(524): 11. 2 July 1931.
427:General characteristics
40:Reconnaissance aircraft
891:(726): 3. 16 May 1935.
73:AĂ©roplanes Henry Potez
486:Lorraine 12Fd Courlis
349:Lorraine 12Fd Courlis
197:Lorraine 12Fd Courlis
989:Potez and Potez-CAMS
829:L'Année Aéronautique
421:Les Ailes March 1932
909:Air Britain Archive
470:Max takeoff weight:
273:Operational history
129:The Potez 50 was a
951:: XXIII. May 1937.
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363:Hispano-Suiza 14AA
330:Hispano-Suiza 14AA
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945:"MĂ©dailles"
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711:"Un record"
675:"Ă€ Meaulte"
657:"Ă€ Meaulte"
639:"Ă€ Meaulte"
504:Performance
496:Propellers:
490:W-12 engine
482:Powerplant:
221:machine gun
201:W-12 engine
134:sesquiplane
114:Potez 50 A2
92:at least 3
1310:Categories
1278:Potez-CAMS
558:References
458:Wing area:
371:two built.
191:and three
131:single bay
889:Les Ailes
838:cite book
763:Les Ailes
697:Les Ailes
679:Les Ailes
661:Les Ailes
643:Les Ailes
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607:Les Ailes
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589:Les Ailes
446:Wingspan:
418:Data from
397:Potez 506
388:Potez 505
383:Potex 504
374:Potez 503
368:Potez 502
354:Potez 501
326:Potez 501
317:flown by
314:Potez 506
310:Potez 505
303:Potez 503
240:elevators
236:incidence
232:tailplane
228:empennage
213:longerons
156:and were
119:Potez 506
101:Potez 506
97:Variants
22:Potez 50
991:aircraft
543:Armament
498:2-bladed
344:Potez 50
339:Variants
244:balanced
217:cockpits
209:radiator
182:ailerons
174:dihedral
166:fuselage
110:Potez 50
929:2 March
715:L'Avion
452:Height:
440:Length:
351:engine.
284:Meaulte
205:cowling
193:radials
189:inlines
178:stagger
150:plywood
863:Flight
809:Flight
782:Flight
523:Range:
252:rudder
146:spruce
125:Design
63:France
1044:XVIII
997:Potez
434:Crew:
154:spars
138:chord
36:Role
1054:XXII
1039:XVII
1009:VIII
931:2016
868:LIII
844:link
787:XXVI
484:1 Ă—
257:The
152:box
148:and
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