Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242
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The Lioré et Olivier
Lioré et Olivier
Lioré-et-Olivier was a French manufacturer of aircraft of the 20th century, founded in 1912 by Fernand Lioré and Henri Olivier.The company was nationalized in 1936, becoming a part of SNCASE.-Aircraft designs:* Lioré et Olivier LeO 7...
LeO H.242 was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-manufactured flying boat
Flying boat
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that was used for European passenger air services in the 1930s. Several were operated by Air France
Air France
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. One also features at the end of Hergé
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
's Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
adventure, King Ottokar's Sceptre
King Ottokar's Sceptre
King Ottokar's Sceptre is the eighth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring the young reporter Tintin. It was first serialized as a black-and-white comic strip in Le Petit Vingtième on 4 August...
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Variants
H-24.01- First prototype. Powered by two 373 kW (500 hp) Renault 12Jb engines. One built.
H-242
- Initial production. Powered by four Gnome et Rhône Titan Major radial engines. Two built
H-242/1
- Revised production version. Modified engine installation. Fourteen built