Levasseur PL.4

PL.4
Deck landing of a Levasseur PL-4
Role	Carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Levasseur
First flight	1926
Primary user	Aéronavale
Number built	40
Developed into	Levasseur PL.8

The Levasseur PL.4 was a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft produced in France in the 1920s. It was a conventional, single-bay biplane that carried a crew of three in tandem, open cockpits. Purchased by the Aéronavale to operate from the aircraft carrier Béarn, it incorporated several safety features in case of ditching at sea. Apart from small floats attached directly to the undersides of the lower wing, the main units of the fixed, tailskid undercarriage could be jettisoned in flight, and the underside of the fuselage was given a boat-like shape and made watertight.

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