Levasseur PL.2

Levasseur PL.2
Levasseur PL.2, June 1926
Role	Torpedo-bomber biplane
Manufacturer	Levasseur
Designer	Pierre Levasseur
First flight	1922
Introduction	1926
Retired	1932
Primary user	French Navy
Produced	1922-1923
Number built	11

The Levasseur PL.2 was a French biplane torpedo bomber designed by Pierre Levasseur for the French Navy.

The second design of Pierre Levasseur was the PL.2 a single-seat unequal-span biplane inspired by designs from Blackburn Aircraft. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a nose-mounted Renault engine. The first of two prototypes first flew in November 1922, the second aircraft had a four-bladed propeller and other powerplant improvements. Nine production aircraft were built in 1923, these were fitted with ballonets and jettisonable landing gear for operations at sea.

The aircraft entered service in 1926 aboard the French carrier Béarn and continued in use until they were scrapped in 1932.

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

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