domingo, 30 de noviembre de 2014

Lioré et Olivier LeO 7

The Lioré et Olivier LéO 7 was a French bomber escort biplane designed and built by Lioré et Olivier for the French Air Force.
Design and development
The LéO 7 was three-seat bomber escort biplane developed from the LéO 5 ground-attack biplane. Appearing in 1922 the production version (the LéO 7/2) had a wide-track landing gear and gunner's cockpits in the snub nose and amidships. The pilot was located in a cockpit just behind the wing trailing edge.
Operational history
Twenty LéO 7/2s were built followed by 18 LéO 7/3s which were a navalised version with increased wingspan.
Variants

LéO 7
Prototype
LéO 7/2
Production version for the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force), 20 built
LéO 7/3
Production version for the Aéronautique Navale (French Naval Aviation), 18 built.

Operators

 France


French Air Force
French
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