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The Lioré et Olivier LeO 7 was a French bomber escort biplane designed and built by Lioré et Olivier for the French Air Force.

Lioré et Olivier 7
Role	Bomber escort biplane Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Lioré et Olivier
First flight	1922
Primary users	French Air Force French Navy
Number built	39

Design and development

The LeO 7 was three-seat bomber escort biplane developed from the LeO 5 ground-attack biplane. Appearing in 1922 the production version (the LeO 7/2) had a wide-track landing gear and gunner's cockpits in the snub nose and amidships. The pilot was located in a cockpit just behind the wing trailing edge.[1]

Operational history

Twenty LeO 7/2s were built followed by 18 LeO 7/3s which were a navalised version with increased wingspan.

Variants

LeO 7

Prototype

LeO 7/2

Production version for the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force), 20 built

LeO 7/3

Production version for the Aéronautique Navale (French Naval Aviation), 18 built.

Operators

 France

• French Air Force
• French Navy

Specifications (LeO 7/2)

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3 (pilot and two gunners)
• Length: 11 m (38 ft 0.75 in)
• Wingspan: 18.59 m (60 ft 11.75 in)
• Height: 3.9 m (13 ft 2.25 in)
• Wing area: 68 m² (730 sq ft)
• Powerplant: 2 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 engines , 223 kW (300 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 190 km/h (118 mph, 103 kn)
• Service ceiling: 7,010 m (23,000 ft)

Armament

• 400kg (882lb) bombs

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На других языках

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- [en] Lioré et Olivier LeO 7

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[fr] Lioré et Olivier LeO 7

Le Lioré et Olivier LeO 7 était un avion militaire de l'entre-deux-guerres, construit en France par Lioré et Olivier.

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[it] Lioré et Olivier LeO 7

Il Lioré et Olivier LeO 7 fu un aereo militare multiruolo, bimotore e biplano, sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica francese Ateliers d'Aviation Lioré et Olivier nei primi anni venti.

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