__NOTOC__ The Croses EC-8 Tourisme is a 1960s

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three-seat tandem-wing

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Development

Developed from the earlier two-seat EC-6 Criquet the Tourisme was a three-seat version. Like the Criquet it had a

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and Mignet-type tandem wing.Mondey 2000, p.196 To equip it for cross-country flying, the EC-8 was fitted with sturdier

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than its predecessor, which consisted of an unusual tandem arrangement of two wheels on each main undercarriage unit.

References

* * * 1960s French civil utility aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Tourisme Single-engined tractor aircraft Tandem-wing aircraft {{Aero-1960s-stub