Levasseur PL.6

PL.6
General information
TypeFighter
National origin
France
ManufacturerLevasseur
Number built1
History
First flight1924

The Levasseur PL.6 C.2, also known as Levasseur VI C.2, was a two-seat fighter aircraft built in France in 1926 in order to meet a 1925 C.2 Service Technique de l'Aéronautique (STAé) specification, (C.2 - Chasseur 2 seat). Constructed along the same lines as Levasseur's naval aircraft of the same era, it was a conventional, single-bay biplane with seating for the pilot and tail gunner in separate, open cockpits. Flight testing of the prototype commenced in 1926, and it was exhibited at the Salon de l'Aéronautique at the end of the year.

The PL.6 was evaluated against the Aviméta 88, Les Mureaux 3, Les Mureaux 4, Blériot-SPAD S.60, Villiers XXIV and Wibault 12 Sirocco. However, before any one of these was selected for production, the requirement was cancelled. No further PL.6s were built.

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, Aviafrance:Levasseur PL 6

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

References

  1. 1 2 Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 574.
  2. ↑ "The Paris Aero Show 1926". Flight: 782. 2 December 1926. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  3. ↑ Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 106c–107c.
  4. ↑ Parmentier, Bruno (12 December 2001). "Levasseur PL 6". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.