The Lioré et Olivier LeO H-22 was a French amphibious plane, primarily intended for aerial mail transport.

Design

The LeO H-22 was a flying boat with a three part

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, primarily of both wood and metal construction. The

Gnome-Rhône 5Bc The Bristol Titan was a British five-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in the late 1920s. It had the same size cylinders as the earlier Bristol Mercury engine, (displacing ), and produced ...

5-cylinder radial engine, driving apusherpropeller, was mounted in a streamlined nacelle, supported on struts, over the wing centre-section. The LeO H-221 three-seat trainer flying boat, derived from the H-22, differed in cockpit arrangement and was powered by a

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9-cylinder radial engine, also driving a pusher propeller.

Variants

;H-22: Airmail transport amphibious plane,

5-cylinder radial . ;H-221: Trainer amphibious plane,

9-cylinder radial.

Design

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