Donnet-Denhaut D.D.10
Donnet-Denhaut D.D.10 | |
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Role | Flying Boat |
Manufacturer | Donnet-Denhaut |
Introduction | post-war |
Primary user | France |
Number built | 30 [1][2] |
Wingspan | 22.9 m (75 ft 2 in)[3] |
Engine | 2×300hp Hispano-Suiza 8Fb vees |
Armament | 2×front flexible Lewis or 75mm cannon 2× rear flexible Lewis 300 kg (660 lb) of bombs |
Crew | 3-4 |
Max Speed | 155 km/h (96 mph)[1][3] |
Climb | 2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 19:00[1] 3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 19:00[3] |
Range | 800 km (500 mi)[1] |
Calls for a twin-engine, cannon-armed flying boat were met by Donnet-Denhaut with the D.D.10, a handsome aircraft with engines centrally-mounted in a push-pull configuration. The plane came to late to see active service, but thirty were built.[1] The plane carried wireless equipment as well as strong armament, though the bomb load could be sacrificed for increases in range.[2] After the war they were converted for passenger-carrying routes.[1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Donnet-Denhaut flying boat.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
- Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070