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The Latécoère 582 was a 1930s
French long-range patrol
flying-boat
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designed and built by
Latécoère for the
French Navy
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. First flown on 25 July 1935 the 583 was a parasol-wing monoplane flying-boat. Powered by three 890 hp (663 kW)
Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs radial piston engines. The French Navy choose to buy the
Breguet Bizerte and the one Latécoère 582 ended up as a flying test bed at
Saint-Raphaël.
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Flying boats
582
1930s French military reconnaissance aircraft
Trimotors
Parasol-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1935