Les Mureaux 3

what is it?

The Les Mureaux 3 C.2 and Les Mureaux 4 C.2 were French two seat, parasol winged fighters, flown in 1927-8, which differed only in their engines. They were developed into near identical army co-operation types, the ANF Les Mureaux 130 A.2 and ANF Les Mureaux 131 A.2, in 1929–31.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 268 km/htop speed
• size 1,980 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1927

number built

—

role

two seat fighter aircraft

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

ANF Les Mureaux

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 12Hb

length

8.5 m

wingspan

15 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,980 kg

top speed

268 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,600 m

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