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The Loening XSL was an American submarine-based reconnaissance flying boat designed and built by Grover Loening Aircraft Company for the United States Navy.[1][2]
XSL | |
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The XSL-1 | |
Role | Submarine-borne flying-boat |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Grover Loening Aircraft Company |
First flight | 1931 |
Primary user | United States Navy |
Number built | 1 |
First flown in 1931, the Loening XSL was a lightweight flying-boat designed to be folded up and stored in an 8-foot-diameter watertight tube on the deck of a submarine.[2] It was a single-seat, mid-wing monoplane powered by a 110 hp (82 kW) Warner Scarab radial engine mounted above the wing driving a pusher propeller.[2] Originally designated the XSL-1 by the Navy, it was re-designated XSL-2 in 1932 when it was re-engined with a 160 hp (119 kW) Menasco B-6 engine.[2] Only the prototype was built; it was not ordered into production.[1]
Data from aerofiles.com[2]
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