Latécoère Laté-870 light aircraft project......

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a small article in French announcing the development of the Latécoère Laté-870 business/light aircraft powered by two Turboméca Astazou turboprops which remained a "project"......

The article comes from the 12th May 1961 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[toura]

Projet "Late 863" from an old Aviation Magazine.....but no detail

 

[toura]

Now Late 853

 

[toura]

THE LAST...SAME ORIGINE
Late 800

 

[cluttonfred]

THE LAST...SAME ORIGINE
Late 800

Wow, I can't say that I've ever seen that engine layout before. From a maintenance standpoint it seems less than ideal, let alone from an aesthetic standpoint.

 

[hesham]

THE LAST...SAME ORIGINE
Late 800

By the way,

the Late-800 was intended to compete in the 1951 contest for for a medium
range aircraft,the contenders were;

SNCASE X-200,X-201,X-202,X-203,X-204,X-205,X-206 & X-210,Hurel-DUBOIS HD.40,
HD.41 & HD.45,Dassault MD.900,SNCASO SO.60A,SO.60B & SO.60C,Breguet Br.978,
Late-800,Gerin V.? and Nord N.3000.

 

[Stargazer]

SNCASE X-200,X-201,X-202,X-203,X-204,X-205,X-206 & X-210,Hurel Debios HD.40,
HD.41 & HD.45,Dassault MD.900,SNCASO SO.60A,SO.60B & SO.60C,Breguet Br.978,
Late-800,Gerin and Nord N.3000.

That's Hurel-DUBOIS! French equivalent of the surname "Wood" in English.