Potez 62
The Potez 62 was a twin-engined airliner of the French manufacturer Potez from the 1930s. It provided space for 16 passengers. Most of the 35 built civilian copies came into the possession of Air France, one served the French minister of aviation as a touring aircraft.
The 50 identified as Potez 650 TT by the French Air Force in service machines came as a troop transport or as a medical aircraft used.
History
The building, designed by Henry Potez aircraft was based on the Potez 54 bomber prototype first flew on 28 January 1935. During the same year, the manufacturer presented the upgraded version 621
Construction
The Potez 62 was a strutted high-wing and consisted mostly of metal. The landing gear was retractable. The bug could be opened and contained a cargo or baggage compartment.
The two-piece passenger cabin was designed for either fourteen or sixteen passengers. As a troop carrier, the aircraft could seat fourteen soldiers, as a medical aircraft, it could take a supervisor, lying six and four seated wounded.
The drive served two underwing -mounted 640 kW Mistral radial engines of Gnôme et Rhône. In the improved version 621 V12 engines Hispano -Suiza 12Xrs came with 530 kW. The military version was also equipped with Hispano -Suiza V12 engines. Some civilian models in 1939 converted to the Gnome -Rhone radial engine with 662 kW 12N16/17.
Use
The Potez 62 was in 1935 on the route from Paris to Rome for use. Until the Second World War, the aircraft operated on other European and South American routes as well as on the connection from Paris to Saigon. A machine later came into the possession of the Free French Air Force.