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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. First flight of the Languedoc n°6 with the Leduc 010 prototype: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. SNCASE Armagnac and Languedoc airliners at Paris-Orly airport, France, circa in 1950 (286-MP-par-04679): U.S. Department of State. Agency for International Development. Economic Cooperation Administration. Marshall Plan photo 286-MP-par-04679· Public domain
what is it?
The SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc was a French four-engined airliner produced by SNCASE (Sud-Est).
How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · tailwheel (taildragger) · 29.4 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 3.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 29.4 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 3,200 km: 18× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939-12-15
- introduced
- 1946
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 100
- role
- airliner
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- SNCASE
- engines
- 4× Gnome-Rhône 14N 44/45 radial engines / Gnome et Rhône 14N
- crew
- 5
- passengers
- 44
- length
- 24.3 m
- wingspan
- 29.4 m
- height
- 5.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 20.6 t
- top speed
- 440 km/h
- range
- 3,200 km
- ceiling
- 7,200 m
- wings
- monoplane
- landing gear
- conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q609029, Wikipedia: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.