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The Aviméta 132 was a French three-engined
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
transport for eight-passengers designed and built by Aviméta (''Société pour la Construction d'Avions Métallique ''). It was the first French all-metal aircraft but only one aircraft was built.
Design and development
The Aviméta 132 was a high-wing monoplane with a fixedconventional landing gear
Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Ter ...
, powered by three uncowled Salmson 9Ab radial air-cooled piston engines. Fuel tanks were built into the wings, fitted with jettison valves to empty the tanks in an emergency. The enclosed cockpit sat two crew with a cabin for eight passengers. It was intended to build both a day and night version but only one aircraft was built and it did not enter production.
Specifications (day version)
References
Further reading
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Avimeta 132 1920s French airliners Trimotors132 132 may refer to:
*132 (number)
*AD 132
*132 BC
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Year 132 BC was a year of the Roman calendar, pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laenas and Rupilius (or, less frequently, year 622 ''Ab ...
High-wing aircraft