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Types Operated:
- ENAER OS1E Sea Coati
- National Aircraft Factory PBN Nomad

Out of Service:
- Latécoère 298

TS1L / Latécoère Late-298
Torpedo Scout #1, Latécoère
General characteristics:
Length: 12,56 m (41 ft 2.5 in)
Wingspan: 15.5 m (50 ft 10.5 in)
Height: 5.25 m (17 ft 1.75 in)
Wing area: 31.6 m²
Weight: 6,750 lb (empty), 10,582 lb (loaded)
Crew: 2 to 4, usually 3
Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs liquid-cooled V-12, (880 hp)

Performance:
Speed: 300 km/h (167 mph)
Rate of climb:
Ceiling: 6397 m (21,325 ft)
Range: 497 miles
Remarks:

Armament:
- 3x 7.62mm machine guns
- 1,500 lb payload

Notes:
All retired by the end of 1943.

OS1E Sea Coati / ENAER Sea Coati Naval Recce Plane
Observation Scout #1, ENAER
General characteristics:
- Crew: 2 (pilot + spotter/radioman)
- Length: 31 ft (9.5m)
- Wingspan: 42 ft / 12.8m
- Height: 9.8 ft / 3m
- Wing area: 236.8 ft² / 22m²
- Empty weight: 5,100 lbs (2,313 kg)
- Loaded weight: 6,000 lbs (2,721 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Austral Streiff 1000 hp (745 kW) 14-cylinder radial, or Bristol Mercury (870hp) radial
- Armament: 2x.30cal MG (rear cockpit), two under-wing depth-charges or 150kg bombs

Performance:
- Maximum speed: 185 mph / 418 kph (225 knots)
- Max Range: 700 mi (1,126.5 km)
- Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486.4 m)
- Rate of climb: 7 ft/s (2.13 m/s)

Notes:
The Armada de Chile Arma Aerea (AdCAA) requested ENAER to look into developing a modern monoplane for use as floatplane scouts aboard the Navy's cruisers. ENAER, in the midst of developing the Coati advanced trainer, decided to use the design as the basis for a floatplane prototype. The ENAER design team quickly determined that merely fitting the Coati design with floats was insufficient, as the floats cut into speed and the Coati's range proved too limited for the AdCAA's use. The designers remodeled the aircraft and modified its dimensions, increasing range by 75% and managing to provide capacity to carry two depth charges or very light bombs. The machine-guns were also moved to the rear of the cockpit, as their former positioning interfered with the need for folding wings. Originally, the Sea Coati was equipped with two twin floats under the fuselage, but the designers later modified their design to carry a single float, with wingtip stabilizers, as they found this worked better for the plane's aerodynamics and stability. The Armada de Chile has placed an order for twenty-four Sea Coatis.

Naval Aircraft Factory PBN Nomad
General characteristics
Crew: 8 — pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight mechanic, radioman, navigator and two waist gunners
Length: 64' 8" (19.4 m)
Wingspan: 104' (31.70 m)
Height: 17' 11" (5.46 m)
Wing area: 1,400 ft² (130 m²)
Empty weight: 20,910 lb (9,485 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 38000 lb (16,066 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial engines or Austral Streiff R14 radials, 1,200 hp (895 kW each) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 196 mph (314 km/h)
Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h)
Range: 3,700 mi (5,955 km)
Service ceiling: 15,800 ft (4,000 m)
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
Wing loading: 25.3 lb/ft² (123.6 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.034 hp/lb (0.056 kW/kg)

Armament
- 1 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun in ventral hatch at tail
- 1 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun (in nose turret)
- 2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns (one in each waist blister)
- 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) of bombs, depth charges, or torpedoes

Notes
The PBN Nomad was developed in 1940 by the Naval Aircraft Factory following a request for a custom-tailored version for the PBY Catalina. Thirty-two were ordered in early 1941.