Liore-Olivier H-24, H-24-2, H-24-2/1

1929

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Liore-Olivier H-24, H-24-2, H-24-2/1

The result of prolonged design work by Benoit and his design team, the Liore-et-Olivier H-24.01 made its first flight in November 1929. A cantilever high-wing monoplane flying-boat, the H-24 had an enclosed pilot's cockpit, cabin accommodation for 10 passengers and a distinctive tall single fin and rudder, and was powered by two 373kW Renault 12Jb V-12 engines mounted in tandem on a pylon over the hull. This single aircraft was used purely for development, making a number of test and demonstration flights before being scrapped at Antibes in 1934.

Developed from the H-24 was the H-24-2, of similar configuration but powered by four Gnome-Rhone radial engines mounted in tandem pairs over the thick-section wing. The first two of 14 production aircraft for Air France were H-24-2s, and the remaining 12 were H-24-2/1 aircraft with a revised engine installation. The first H-24-2 had flown for the initial time in March 1933, and before long all the machines were employed on Air France routes linking Marseilles with Athens, Tunis and Beirut. Ten aircraft were still operational in September 1939, and were flown under Italian supervision after the German occupation of southern France in November 1942. It is understood that most were scrapped shortly afterwards. The H-24-2 and H-24-2/1 had an enclosed crew cabin with side-by-side pilots' seats and a navigation and radio compartment; 15 passengers could be accommodated in a cabin beneath the wings, and there was a sizeable luggage and mail hold at the rear.

Liore-Olivier H-24, H-24-2, H-24-2/1

Specification 
 MODELLeO H-24-2/1
 ENGINE4 x Gnome-Rhone 7Kd Titan Major radial piston engines, 261kW
 WEIGHTS
  Take-off weight8700 kg19180 lb
  Loaded weight5868 kg12937 lb
 DIMENSIONS
  Wingspan28.0 m92 ft 10 in
  Length18.45 m61 ft 6 in
  Height6.33 m21 ft 9 in
  Wing area116.25 m21251.30 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
  Max. speed240 km/h149 mph
  Ceiling4500 m14750 ft
  Range1100 km684 miles

Comments
Victòria Cànaves, e-mail, 29.12.2008 12:47

I have a picture from this model on Bahía Puerto Alcudìa, Mallorca, I think 1934.who can help me to get more information about it.... Thaks

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Peder Axø, e-mail, 18.11.2007 16:49

I belive that I have seen this aircraft under gun fire from alliede fighters in 1944 from a DVD I bourght. I belive I saw atleast 4-5 aircrafts of this type under gunfire laying at moor on a river or canal, but I don´t know where in Europe. They seemed operational.

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