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<blockquote data-quote="lark" data-source="post: 178567" data-attributes="member: 59">A bit more info about and some sources.&nbsp;Translated from the French text in AviMag. 720 - 16.12.77&nbsp;... last pre WWII fighter design by Nieuport ,the LN 60 wa the optimised &nbsp; &nbsp; version of the type 161...&nbsp;... in the time frame of the 'nationalisation' of the aircraft manufacturers names&nbsp; &nbsp; and designations it was re-baptised CAO.200...&nbsp;From : Warplanes of the Second world war Vol.1 Fighters by Wiliam Green&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Macdonald -London-1960.... produced to compete with the Dewoitine D.520 and exhibited&nbsp; &nbsp; as - a full scale mockup - during the 1938 Salon de Aéronautique.&nbsp;From AviMag 723 : &quot;Les Avions Nieuport 1919 à 1940&quot;&nbsp; type list Nie 29 de 1918 a CAO 600 de 21.3.1940&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; not a single indication of&nbsp; a designation ' LX ' or alike is given nor mentioned .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lark, post: 178567, member: 59"] A bit more info about and some sources. Translated from the French text in AviMag. 720 - 16.12.77 ... last pre WWII fighter design by Nieuport ,the LN 60 wa the optimised version of the type 161... ... in the time frame of the 'nationalisation' of the aircraft manufacturers names and designations it was re-baptised CAO.200... From : Warplanes of the Second world war Vol.1 Fighters by Wiliam Green Macdonald -London-1960. ... produced to compete with the Dewoitine D.520 and exhibited as - a full scale mockup - during the 1938 Salon de Aéronautique. From AviMag 723 : "Les Avions Nieuport 1919 à 1940" type list Nie 29 de 1918 a CAO 600 de 21.3.1940 not a single indication of a designation ' LX ' or alike is given nor mentioned . [/QUOTE]

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