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Bloch MB.700 Fighter

Bloch MB.700

Bloch MB.700 Fighter

The Bloch MB.700 was a light-weight fighter designed for the French Air Force. It used a wooden frame, to conserve strategic materials and a 700hp Gnome-Rhône 14 M6. First flying on 19 April 1940, it subsequently undertook a series of evaluation flights. When German forces occupied the airfield it was based at, they burned it. A second partially built aircraft was never completed.

Seversky SEV-3 Amphibian 

Seversky SEV-3L (SEV-3XAR) X-2106

Seversky SEV-3 Amphibian 

First flying in 1933, the Seversky SEV-3 was a three-seat monoplane amphibian. It could either be fitted with twin amphibious floats which had main wheels fitted in the floats to allow it to operate from land, or with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage with the mainwheels enclosed in large fairings.

The landplane version was developed into a trainer for the United States Army Air Corps and designated BT-8. A total of 30 were ordered, but they proved to be underpowered and were replaced by the North American BT-9.

The Colombian Air Force ordered six SEV-3M-WW amphibians. Only four were actually delivered. Photos of the Colombian aircraft can be found here.

Seversky designed an improved version, the SEV-X-BT a multi-discipline trainer version of the BT-8 with retractable undercarriage. The sole SEV-X-BT lost in competition to the North American BT-9 and was reportedly scrapped for spares to service the Seversky 2PA.

Seversky SEV-3M-WW in Colombian Service

Seversky SEV-3M-WW of the Colombian Air Force

Seversky SEV-3M-WW in Colombian Service

First flying in 1933, the Seversky SEV-3 was a three-seat monoplane amphibian. It could either be fitted with twin amphibious floats which had main wheels fitted in the floats to allow it to operate from land, or with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage with the mainwheels enclosed in large fairings.

The landplane version was developed into a trainer for the United States Army Air Corps and designated BT-8. A total of 30 were ordered, but they proved to be underpowered and were replaced by the North American BT-9.

The Colombian Air Force ordered six SEV-3M-WW amphibians. Only four were actually delivered.

Photos of other Seversky SEV-3 amphibians and landplanes can be found here.