Latécoère 28

what is it?

The Latécoère 28 was a long distance monoplane aircraft designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Latécoère. First flown in 1927, it had a fixed tailwheel undercarriage and an enclosed cockpit for its crew of two. When configured for airline use, the Latécoère 28 could accommodate up to eight seated passengers.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 19.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 222 km/htop speed
• range 4,685 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,856 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 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 19.3 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 4,685 km: 26× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1927

introduced

1929

number built

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role

eight-passenger monoplane

makers

Latécoère

engines

1× Renault 12Jb

crew

2

length

13.6 m

wingspan

19.3 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

3,856 kg

top speed

222 km/h

cruise speed

200 km/h

range

4,685 km

ceiling

5,200 m

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