1931 LeO 213 c/n 11, F-ALGG

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Two 450 hp Renault 12Ja

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two LeO 213s at Croydon, England

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Infromation from Johan Visscheddik from 1000aircraftphotos.com

The LeO 213s were painted in an attractive scheme of gold, red and white. The wings, tailplanes, lower fuselages, fins, engine nacelles and undercarriage fairings were gold; the upper part of the fuselage sides and the nose were red, and this red was swept up the rudder in a curve from the hinge to the trailing edge; the top of the fuselage was white except for a black anti-glare section on top of the nose, and the words AIR UNION were painted in white from nose to tail on the underside of the fuselage. These aircraft were used on the Paris-London and Paris-Lyons-Marseilles services under the fleet title le 'Rayon d'Or' (The Golden Ray). Three production aircraft were built in 1929 (F-AIZN c/n 4, F-AIZO c/n 5, F-AJBE c/n 6) and in 1930 (F-AJNS c/n 7, F-ALCS c/n 8, F-ALCY c/n 9), and the final four were produced in 1931 (F-ALGF c/n 10, F-ALGG c/n 11, F-ALGH c/n 12, F-ALGI c/n 13).