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Friday, October 19th 2012, 10:27pm

Training Aircraft

[SIZE=3]Training Aircraft of the GDAI[/SIZE]
- Loire-Nieuport LN-180
- Morane-Saulnier MS.472 Vanneau

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 10:27pm



[SIZE=4]Loire-Nieuport LN.180[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Stampe SV.4b, license-built by the Atelier Industriel de l'Aéronautique d'Indochine[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 1-2
Length: 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 8.385 m (27 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.775 m (9 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 18.06 m² (194.4 ft²)
Empty weight: 520 kg (1146 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 770 kg (1697 lb)
Powerplant: 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major X or Blackburn Cirrus Major III, 145 hp (108 kW)

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 101 knots (188 km/h)
Cruise speed: 75 knots (140 km/h)
Range: 420 km (260 statute miles)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,000 m)

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 10:54pm



[SIZE=4]Morane-Saulnier M.S.470 Vanneau ("Plover") trainer aircraft[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]OTL aircraft under development for 1941.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]Statistics[/SIZE]
- Crew: 2 (trainee pilot + instructor)
- Length: 9.05 m (30 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 10.65 m (35 ft 11 in)
- Height: 3.62 m (12 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 17.30 m² (186.22 ft²)
- Empty weight: 2,351 kg (5,183 lb)
- Max Takeoff Weight: 3,125 kg (6,889 lb)
- Powerplant:Gnome et Rhône 14M radial (522kW / 700HP) OR Hispano-Suiza 12Y-45 V-12 piston engine, 641 kW (860 hp)
- Armament: 2x.30cal MG (wings) for target training, 5lb or 10lb underwing smoke bombs for training

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
- Maximum speed: 445 km/h (277 mph)
- Max Range: 1500 km (932 miles)
- Service ceiling: 8500 m (27,900 ft)
- Rate of climb: Not available

[SIZE=3]Armamant[/SIZE]
- 2 x MAC 1934 7.5mm wing-mounted machine-guns
- Light bombs

[SIZE=3]Variants[/SIZE]
- MS.470: Original variant
- MS.472: Production variant equipped with Gnome-Rhone 14M-05 radial engine.
- MS.474: MS.472 variant equipped for aircraft carrier operations.
- MS.475: Version powered by Hispano-Suiza 12Y-45 inline engine.

[SIZE=3]Notes:[/SIZE]
- 48x MS.472s acquired for pilot training by the Indochinese Air Defense Group.