Amiot 110-S

what is it?

The Amiot 110-S was an all-metal, amphibious military flying boat built in France in the 1930s. It was intended as a maritime reconnaissance and medium bomber aircraft but only two were built.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 23.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 203 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,500 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 95 years ago, in 1931.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 23.3 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1931

number built

—

role

marine reconnaissance and medium bomber flying boat and

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Avions Amiot

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 12Nbr

length

14 m

wingspan

23.3 m

height

5 m

max take-off weight

4,500 kg

top speed

203 km/h

cruise speed

180 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

4,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.