The ANF Les Mureaux 120 was a 1930s French three-seat military night

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ANF Les Mureaux __NOTOC__ ANF Les Mureaux (full name: Les Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France et des Mureaux) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded in Les Mureaux in 1918 as Les Ateliers des Mureaux building aircraft under license. Significant produ ...

Design and development

The 120 was designed to meet a 1928 French Aéronautique Militaire requirement for a three-seat night reconnaissance aircraft. The 120 was a high-wing monoplane powered by two

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engines. The prototype was first flown in 1931 and was followed by a second aircraft, designated ANF Les Mureaux 121, powered by Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engines. The aircraft failed to gain any interest from the French military and did not enter production.

Variants

;120 :Initial prototype of the night reconnaissance aircraft powered by 2 x

engines ;121 :Second prototype powered by 2 x Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engines

Specifications (121 second prototype)

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