Lioré et Olivier LeO H-190

The Lioré et Olivier H-190 was a flying boat airliner produced in France in the late 1920s.[1] Conventional for its day, it was a single-bay biplane with un-staggered wings, its single engine mounted tractor-fashion underneath the upper wing and supported on struts in the interplane gap. Early examples had the pilot's open cockpit located aft of the wing, but this was later relocated forward of the wing.[1]

H-190
H-194
Role Amphibian airliner
National origin France
Manufacturer Lioré et Olivier
First flight 1926
Number built 45

Developed as a passenger transport, versions of the H-190 were also built as catapult-ready mail planes intended to be launched from transatlantic liners, and as coastal patrol aircraft.[1]

The sole LeO H-194 was flown by Marc Bernard together with a CAMS 37 flown by René Guilbaud in a long-distance expeditionary flight across Africa in late 1926. They covered 28,000 km (17,000 mi) in three months, covering Morocco, Mali, Nigeria, Belgian Congo, Mozambique and Madagascar.[1]

Variants
H-190T
("Transport") - airliner powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter engine; (5 built).[2]
H-191
trainer powered by a 340 kW (450 hp) Lorraine 12Eb; (1 built).[3]
H-192
airliner similar to H-190T, but with cockpit in new position, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter; (2 built).[4]
H-193
similar to H-192, but with reinforced wing, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome & Rhône 9Ady; (5 built).[5]
H-193S
(S - "Surveillance") - maritime patrol version of H-193, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ad Jupiter; (15 built).[6]
H-193HS
H-193S with a 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Mb engine; (1 converted).[7]
H-194
version for long-distance flight, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter; (1 built).[8]
H-195
H-196
similar to H-193, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter; (1 built).[9]
H-197S
(Sanitaire) - air ambulance version of H-193, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Adz Jupiter; (1 built).[10]
H-198
catapult-capable mailplane, powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Af Jupiter; (9 built).[11]
H-198/2
catapult-capable airliner with a 370 kW (500 hp) Renault 12Ja engine; (3 built).[12]
H-199/1
twin-engine version, with second engine mounted in pusher-fashion in tandem with the first: examples with 2x 170 kW (230 hp) Hispano-Suiza 6Mbr; (1 built).[13]
H-199/2
twin-engine version, with second engine mounted in pusher-fashion in tandem with the first: 2x 260 kW (350 hp) Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engines; (1 built).[14]

Operators
 France

Specifications (H-193S)
Loire et Olivier H-194 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.39

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 [15]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 6/7 (minimum 3)
  • Length: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 64 m2 (690 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,750 kg (3,858 lb)
  • Gross weight: 3,150 kg (6,945 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome et Rhône 9Ad Jupiter 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 310 kW (420 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
  • Range: 620 km (390 mi, 330 nmi)
  • Wing loading: 49.2 kg/m2 (10.1 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 0.0606 hp/lb (0.0996 kW/kg)

Armament

  • Guns: 4x 7.7 mm (0.30 in) Lewis machine-guns on twin flexible mounts in front and rear gunner's compartments

References
  1. Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 580.
  2. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-190T, Amphibie de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. Parmentier, Bruno (24 February 1998). "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-191, Amphibie d'entrainement par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-192, Amphibie de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-193, Amphibie de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. Parmentier, Bruno (1 December 2003). "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-193S, Amphibie de surveillance par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-193HS, Amphibie de surveillance par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. Parmentier, Bruno (20 October 1996). "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-194, Hydravion de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-196, Amphibie de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  10. Parmentier, Bruno (1 December 2003). "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-197S, Amphibie de transport sanitaire par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-198, Amphibie de transport postal par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-198/2, Amphibie de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-199/1, Hydravion de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. Parmentier, Bruno. "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-199/2, Hydravion de transport par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  15. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 18d–19d.

Further reading
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  • Esperou, Robert (April 1994). "Les vols d'essais commerciaux français sur l'Atlantique Nord, de 1928 à 1939" [French commercial test flights over the North Atlantic, 1928 to 1939]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (293): 40–50. ISSN 0757-4169.
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