The SNCAO 30 was a French single-engined

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flying boat two-seat trainer. Although it was ordered into production for the French Navy, only two prototypes were built.

Development and design

In the late 1930s Loire-Nieuport commenced development of the Loire-Nieuport LN-30 as a private venture to meet a requirement of the

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for a two-seat flying boat trainer. The resultant design, which was renamed SNCAO 30 when Loire-Nieuport was nationalised and became part of Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques de l'ouest (SNCAO), was a single-engined pusher

of wooden construction, with the crew of two sitting side-by side in an open cockpit. Its wing was carried on struts above the fuselage, with the Salmson 9ABa

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mounted above the wing.Green 1968, p.20. The first prototype, built at the SNCAO factory at

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, made its maiden flight on 13 September 1938, these resulting in a number of modifications, including adding dihedral to the outer wing panels, placing a cowling around the engine and replacing its

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with a single large fin, the prototype flying again in this form on 21 September 1938, with a second prototype flying on 19 May 1939.Green 1968, pp. 20–21. The aircraft was disappointing, however, being nose-heavy and with its engine suffering from severe vibration and overheating.SNCAO 300
". ''Gevechtsvliegtuigen'', (In Dutch) Retrieved 16 January 2010. Despite these problems, as there was no better alternative, an order for production of 12 aircraft, designated SNCAO 300, was placed on 19 March 1940. Production was ended by the Nazi German invasion of France, with no production aircraft being completed.

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References

*Bousquet, Gérard. ''French Flying Boats of WW II''. Sandomierz, Poland: Stratus, 2013 * Green, William. ''War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Five: Flying Boats''. London: Macdonald, 1968.

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