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 amphibianwith 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 amphibianthe 100th machine will shortly be delivereda vast amount of practical 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. 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 itselfnow being produced at the rate of two a week.

It is

Amphibian, known as the OL-8, fitted with a 425-h.p. Pratt c V 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, brieflythe patented Loening

6-0

SPAN -4 5-0 LENGTH. . . 3 5 - 2 1 ' WING AREA 502 SQ. FT.

LOENING OL-8
AMPHIBIAN

425 tf> PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINE.

"WASP"

THE LOENING OL-8 AMPHIBIAN : General Arrangement Drawings.

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