Lioré et Olivier LeO 25

what is it?

The Lioré et Olivier LeO 25 was a bomber aircraft produced in France in the late 1920s.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 25.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 241 km/htop speed
• range 2,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 9,380 kgmax take-off weight
• built 85made in total

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 98 years ago, in 1928.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 25.5 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1928

number built

85

role

bomber

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Lioré et Olivier

engines

2× Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs / Gnome-Rhône 14Kjrs

crew

4

length

17.5 m

wingspan

25.5 m

height

6.8 m

max take-off weight

9,380 kg

top speed

241 km/h

range

2,000 km

ceiling

8,000 m

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