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Ceiling ----------------- 7,000 m.
Weight of wings, per sq. ft. 1 lb.

Performance:

Speed, at 2,000 meters ---   270 k/h.
          5,000 meters ---   210 k/h.
Climb at 2,000 meters ----     6.6 min.
          3,000 meters ---    10.7 min.
          5,000 meters ---    25.65 min.
Minimum flying speed -----   107 k/h.
Weight, empty ------------ 1,863 lbs.
Useful load -------------- 1,010 lbs.
Total weight ------------- 2,873 lbs.
Gasoline -----------------   335 lbs.
Oil ----------------------    37 lbs.
Equipment ----------------   352 lbs.
Armament -----------------   205 lbs.
Miscellaneous ------------    35 lbs.
Tank protection ----------    54 lbs.

This machine represents the best performing two-place job that the French have in their Air Service. It has been build in numbers and is being used to quite an extent along the French-German frontier. The mounting of the Hispano motor is unique from the standpoint of its rigidity and the effectiveness with which the vibration is absorbed. It is very inaccessible, however, and the motor must be pulled from the front of the fuselage in order to get it out of the machine. The only accessibility is derived from two removable pieces of cowling on each side of the fuselage. 

The top longerons extend directly over the motor. To

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