🎖️ military retired
what is it?
The Latécoère 570 was a twin-engined medium bomber designed to a 1934 specification. It did not fly until 1939, by which time competitor aircraft had gone into service.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · 23.4 m wingspan
base stats
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 3.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 23.4 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939-04
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- medium bomber
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Latécoère
- engines
- 2× Hispano-Suiza 14Aa-04/05 14-cylinder two row radial
- crew
- 4
- length
- 18.8 m
- wingspan
- 23.4 m
- height
- 6.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 10.1 t
- top speed
- 469 km/h
- range
- 2,000 km
- ceiling
- 8,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1807111, Wikipedia: Latécoère 570 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.