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1927
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DECKMBER 22, 1927 THE LOENING OL-8 AMPHIBIAN The Latest Development of a Successful American Machine SINCE the maiden flight of the first Loening Amphibian, in June, 1924, over 1,600,000 miles of flying have been accomplished by these machines. This very original design of amphibian—with which our readers should be well acquainted, since we have frequently dealt with it in FLIGHT— has become in a space of three years the standard service plane of this type for the U.S. Army Air Corps, the U.S. During the development of this amphibian—the 100th machine will shortly be delivered—a vast amount of prac- tical experience has been gained, which should prove of great value to the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corp. of New York, when this company enters the field of commercial aviation, which, it is reported, will shortly be the case. Particular interest, therefore, attaches to the new Loening THE LOENING OL-8 AMPHIBIAN : View of the latest model of this successful type of machine in flight. It is fitted with a 425 h.p. Pratt and Whitney " Wasp " aircooled radial engine. Xaval Air Service, the -Marine Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard, and is now a familiar sight at all American air stations. It is, perhaps, a remarkable example of the successful step-by-step development of an original idea (to which the constructors have persistently adhered) from the first thought on paper to the finished product itself—now being produced at the rate of two a week. Amphibian, known as the OL-8, fitted with a 425-h.p. Pratt cV Whitney " Wasp " air-cooled radial engine, which has very successfully completed all of its tests for the U.S. Xavy Department. The outstanding features of, and advantages claimed for, the Loening Amphibian, which differentiate it so clearly from other types of aircraft, are, briefly—the patented Loening 6-0 SPAN -4 5-0 LENGTH. ..35-21' WING AREA 502 SQ. FT. LOENING OL-8 AMPHIBIAN 425 tf> PRATT &• WHITNEY "WASP" ENGINE. THE LOENING OL-8 AMPHIBIAN : General Arrangement Drawings. 861
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