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The Groupe Latécoère () is an aircraft company based in
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, France. Founded by the
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pioneer
Pierre-Georges Latécoère Pierre-Georges Latécoère (; 1883–1943) was a pioneer of aeronautics. Born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, he studied in the École Centrale Paris and, during the First World War, started a business in aeronautics. He directed plants that made ...
during 1917, the company became well known in its first few decades for its range of
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s, such as the six-engined
Latécoère 631 The Latécoère 631 was a civil transatlantic flying boat built by Latécoère, the largest ever built up to its time. The type was not a success, being unreliable and uneconomic to operate. Five of the eleven aircraft built were written off in ...
. Presently, Groupe Latécoère operates as a major supplier of aerostructures, producing sections of fuselage and doors, having become the second-largest European supplier of onboard electrical wire harnesses and
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bays through its ''Latelec'' subsidiary company. It is currently a member of the
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and participates in all segments of aeronautics: commercial
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s with
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and
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, regional aircraft with
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and Bombardier,
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with
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, as well as military aircraft with Dassault and Airbus.


History

The company has its roots in the
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; during September 1917,
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pioneer
Pierre-Georges Latécoère Pierre-Georges Latécoère (; 1883–1943) was a pioneer of aeronautics. Born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, he studied in the École Centrale Paris and, during the First World War, started a business in aeronautics. He directed plants that made ...
decided to invest in a series of factories in
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. The business initially focused on the production of military material, such as
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s and aircraft. It reportedly delivered roughly 800 aircraft to the
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. Following the end of the conflict, Latécoère engaged in the design and manufacture of numerous
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s. Perhaps the most significant of these was the six-engined
Latécoère 631 The Latécoère 631 was a civil transatlantic flying boat built by Latécoère, the largest ever built up to its time. The type was not a success, being unreliable and uneconomic to operate. Five of the eleven aircraft built were written off in ...
, a large passenger aircraft designed for
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journeys. Billed as being ''The Ship of the Skies'', the 631 performed its
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during 1939; a total of 10 aircraft were completed. It was the largest production seaplane to ever be built, having a wingspan roughly one-third larger than the
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, another contemporary large seaplane. The type was performing regular passenger services up until September 1955. By the turn of the century, Groupe Latecoere was principally known for the manufacture of aircraft equipment and aerostructures production. In the equipment sector, it is a leading manufacturer of avionics bays, onboard electrical harnesses, and closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems. Aerostructure work includes the production of fuselage sections, including both passenger and cargo doors, as a
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to multiple aircraft manufacturers, such as
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,
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,
Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation SA () is a French manufacturer of military aircraft and business jets. It was founded in 1929 by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel D ...
,
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and
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. Furthermore, Groupe Latecoere provides design and engineering services for select clients. In addition to the firm's primary base in France, it operates at locations throughout the world, including the
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, the
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, the
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. Latecoere SA operates through a number of subsidiary businesses, including
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, Latecoere do Brasil, and ''LaTelec'', among others. During the early 2010s, there were rumours that the British industrial conglomerate
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would potentially acquire Groupe Latécoère. In early 2015, as a consequence of the company's high debt ratio, the firm restructured its operations, resulting in a significant drop in debt levels via an equity exchange, opening itself up to greater foreign ownership in the process. By September 2017, the company's financial situation had improved to such an extent that it was reportedly once again looking to expand its aerospace portfolio via acquisitions. That same year, it also committed to the establishment of a new company headquarters. In early April 2019, it was announced that
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firm
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had agreed to purchase a 26 percent stake in Groupe Latécoère in exchange for $106.8 million. By December 2019, the buying of additional shares had given Searchlight a controlling stake in the firm; this generated some political controversy over the firm's now-foreign ownership.


Aircraft products

* Latécoère 1 * Latécoère 2 * Latécoère 3 (1919) Two-seat, single-engine prototype transport and postal biplane. *
Latécoère 4 The Latécoère 4 was a three-engined, 15-passenger biplane built in France in the early 1920s. It proved difficult to fly and was discontinued, though a second machine was completed as the Latécoère 5 bomber. Development The Latécoère 4 (re ...
(1920) 15-passenger, three-engine prototype passenger biplane. *
Latécoère 5 The Latécoère 5 was a French three-engined biplane bomber prototype of the early 1920s, based on the Latécoère 4 passenger aircraft. It did not fly until 1924 and only one was built. Design and development The Latécoère 5 was a revision o ...
(1924) Three-engine prototype bomber biplane developed from the Latécoère 4. * Latécoère 6 (1924) Four-engine bomber biplane. * Latécoère 7* * Latécoère 8 (1922) Five-passenger, single-engine biplane airliner. * Latécoère 9* * Latécoère 10* * Latécoère 11* * Latécoère 12* * Latécoère 13* (1922) Twin-engine airliner. *
Latécoère 14 __NOTOC__ The Latécoère 14 and Latécoère 16 were similar French passenger and postal aircraft of advanced design built in 1923. They differed chiefly in engine power. Only one of each was constructed. The 14's type number was reused for an ...
(1923) Three-passenger, single-engine airliner. *
Latécoère 15 __NOTOC__ The Latécoère 15 was a French airliner built in 1925 for Latécoère's own airline, which operated routes between France and Morocco. It featured a parasol-wing monoplane design with twin engines mounted on the wing bracing struts. ...
(1925) Six-passenger, twin-engine monoplane airliner. * Latécoère 16 (1924) Four-passenger, single engine airliner developed from the Latécoère 14. * Latécoère 17 (1924) Four-passenger, single engine monoplane airliner. * Latécoère 18 * Latécoère 19 (1925) Twin-engine prototype monoplane bomber developed from the Latécoère 15. * Latécoère 20* *
Latécoère 21 __NOTOC__ The Latécoère 21 was a French flying boat built in 1925 for use by Lignes Aériennes Latécoère as an airliner on routes between France and North Africa. It was the first of the Latécoère flying boats, and the first aircraft to de ...
(1926) Six-passenger, twin-engine monoplane flying boat airliner. * Latécoère 22 (1927) Single-seat, single-engine mailplane. * Latécoère 23 (1927) Eight-passenger, twin-engine monoplane flying boat transport developed from the Latécoère 21. *
Latécoère 24 The Latécoère 24 was a French three-engined parasol winged flying boat, built in 1927 to test the longer stretches of the South Atlantic crossing. Trials showed that it was overweight and consequently performed below specification. Design an ...
(1927) Three-engine parasol-wing monoplane flying boat, intended as a transatlantic mailplane. * Latécoère 25 (1926) Five-passenger, single-engine airliner. * Latécoère 26 (1926) Single-engine mailplane. * Latécoère 27* (1927) Unbuilt improved version of the Latécoère 24. *
Latécoère 28 The Latécoère 28 was a successful French long-haul mail plane and passenger airliner of the 1930s. It was the main-stay of Air France's predecessor, Aéropostale in its efforts to establish intercontinental air mail services and support French ...
(1927) Eight-passenger, single engine long-haul monoplane airliner and mailplane developed from the Latécoère 26. * Latécoère 29 (gros)* * Latécoère 30* * Latécoère 32 (1928) Four-passenger, twin-engine monoplane flying boat airliner and mailplane developed from the Latécoère 23. * Latécoère 101* * Latécoère 120* * Latécoère 124* * Latécoère 130* * Latécoère 132* * Latécoère 140* * Latécoère 150* * Latécoère 160* * Latécoère 170* * Latécoère 180* * Latécoère 181* * Latécoère 190* * Latécoère 200* * Latécoère 210* * Latécoère 220* * Latecoere 225 (1984) Single-seat microlight amphibian * Latécoère 255* * Latécoère 270* * Latécoère 290 (1931) Single-engine floatplane torpedo bomber. * Latécoère 291* * Latécoère 292* * Latécoère 292/2* * Latécoère 293 Version of the Latécoère 290. * Latécoère 294 Version of the Latécoère 290 * Latécoère 295* * Latécoère 296 Version of the Latécoère 290 * Latécoère 297* *
Latécoère 298 The Latécoère 298 (sometimes abridged to Laté 298) was a French seaplane that served during World War II. It was designed primarily as a torpedo bomber, but served also as a dive bomber against land and naval targets, and as a maritime reconnaiss ...
(1936) Single-engine floatplane torpedo and dive bomber. * Latécoère 299 (1939) Landplane reconnaissance-torpedo bomber version of the Latécoère 298. * Latécoère 300 (1931) Four-engine flying boat mailplane. * Latécoère 301 Version of the Latécoère 300 * Latécoère 302 Maritime reconnaisance version of the Latécoère 300 * Latécoère 310* * Latécoère 330* *
Latécoère 340 The Latécoère 340 was a three-engined, parasol winged flying boat designed in 1929 in France for middle-distance, overseas routes. The sole prototype was destroyed early in the testing programme, and no more were built. Design and development ...
(1930) Five-passenger, three-engine medium range flying boat airliner. *
Latécoère 350 The Latécoère 350 was a trimotor development of the Latécoère 28, a successful single-engined French monoplane of around 1930. The three engines were intended to provide the reliability needed for overnight flights, but the 350 came out ver ...
(1931) Ten-passenger, three-engine airliner developed from the Latécoère 28. * Latécoère 360* * Latécoère 370* * Latécoère 380 (1930) Twin-engine long-range flying boat mailplane. * Latécoère 381 (1934) Maritime patrol version of the Latécoère 380. * Latécoère 382* * Latécoère 383* * Latécoère 384* * Latécoère 385* * Latécoère 386* * Latécoère 410* * Latécoère 420* * Latécoère 430* * Latécoère 440 (1931) Single-engine floatplane coastal defence aircraft developed from the Latécoère 28. * Latécoère 441* * Latécoère 442* * Latécoère 443* * Latécoère 460* * Latécoère 470* * Latécoère 480* * Latécoère 490 (1931) Single-engine, two-seat prototype reconnaissance monoplane. * Latécoère 491 (1931) Second prototype of the Latécoère 490. * Latécoère 492* * Latécoère 493* *
Latécoère 500 __NOTOC__ The Latécoère 500 was a flying boat designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Groupe Latécoère, Latécoère. The Latécoère 500 was developed during the early 1930s specifically for use on the Transatlantic flight, ...
(1932) Twin-engine long-range flying boat mailplane. * Latécoère 501 (1932) Airliner version of the Latécoère 500. * Latécoère 502* * Latécoère 503* * Latécoère 510* * Latécoère 520* * Latécoère 521 (1935) 30 to 72-passenger, six-engine large long-range flying boat airliner, militarized during WW2. * Latécoère 522 Version of the Latécoère 521. * Latécoère 523 Maritime patrol version of the Latécoère 521. * Latécoère 524* * Latécoère 525* * Latécoère 530* * Latécoère 531* *
Latécoère 550 The Latécoère 550 was a four-engined French seaplane, designed in the early 1930s as a bomber/torpedo bomber. Though initial handling problems were partly resolved, the aircraft was deemed too slow and did not go into production. Design and de ...
Four-engine floatplane torpedo bomber. * Latécoère 560* *
Latécoère 570 The Latécoère 570 was a twin-engined medium bomber designed to a 1934 specification. It did not fly until 1939, by which time competitor aircraft had gone into service. Design and development The Latécoère 570 was the French company's resp ...
(1939) Twin-engine prototype medium bomber. * Latécoère 580* * Latécoère 581* *
Latécoère 582 __NOTOC__ The Latécoère 582 was a 1930s French long-range patrol flying-boat designed and built by Latécoère for the French Navy. First flown on 25 July 1935 the 583 was a parasol-wing monoplane flying-boat. Powered by three 890 hp (66 ...
(1935) Three-engine long-range flying boat patrol aircraft. * Latécoère 590* * Latécoère 600* * Latécoère 601* * Latécoère 602* * Latécoère 610* * Latécoère 611 (1940) Four-engine prototype flying boat maritime reconnaissance aircraft. * Latécoère 612* * Latécoère 613* * Latécoère 614* * Latécoère 615* * Latécoère 616* * Latécoère 617* * Latécoère 620* * Latécoère 630* *
Latécoère 631 The Latécoère 631 was a civil transatlantic flying boat built by Latécoère, the largest ever built up to its time. The type was not a success, being unreliable and uneconomic to operate. Five of the eleven aircraft built were written off in ...
(1942) 46-passenger, six-engine large long-range flying boat airliner * Latécoère 632* * Latécoère 633* * Latécoère 634* * Latécoère 635* * Latécoère 636* * Latécoère 637* * Latécoère 638* * Latécoère 639* * Latécoère 640* * Latécoère 670* * Latécoère 671* * Latécoère 672* * Latécoère 673* * Latécoère 675* * Latécoère 703* * Latécoère 710 * Latécoère 730* * Latécoère 740* * Latécoère 780* * Latécoère 790* * Latécoère 800* * Latécoère 810* * Latécoère 820* * Latécoère 830* * Latécoère 850* * Latécoère 860* * Latécoère 870* * Latécoère 880* * Latécoère 900* ''aircraft marked * were projects only''


Missile products for the French Navy

* Malaface * Malafon


Current products

*
Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus. Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner in the mid-1970s. Then the company began development on the A330 twinjet in parallel with the A3 ...
A340 The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel with ...
(mid-fuselage upper shell) * Airbus A340/500-600 (mid-fuselage upper shell and lower nose section) *
Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was annou ...
(passenger doors, bulk cargo doors and lower nose section) *
Airbus A320 The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus. The A320 was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air France. The first member of the famil ...
(passenger doors) *
Boeing 787 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body jet airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, ...
(passenger doors) * Bombardier CRJ 700/900 (bulk cargo door) * Embraer ERJ 170/175/190/195 (passenger doors, emergency exit door and forward and aft fuselage barrel section) * Dassault Falcon 50 EX (Rear fuselage section) *
Dassault Falcon 7X The Dassault Falcon 7X is a large-cabin, range business jet manufactured by Dassault Aviation, the second largest of its Dassault Falcon line. Launched at 2001 Paris Air Show, its first flight was on 5 May 2005 and it entered service on 15 J ...
(baggage door and rear fuselage section) * Dassault Falcon 900 B/EX (Rear fuselage section)
Source


Current leadership

* Chairman of the Board: Pierre Gadonneix * CEO: Thierry Mootz


In popular culture

The name Latécoère is part of a "mystique" in France around the beginning of aviation and adventurers. It is part of a famous song by
Henri Salvador Henri Salvador (18 July 1917 – 13 February 2008) was a French Caribbean comedian, singer and cabaret artist. Biography Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native ...
, "''Jardin d'Hiver''", in its 3rd verse : :"Je voudrais du Fred Astaire :Revoir un Latécoère :Je voudrais toujours te plaire :Dans mon jardin d'hiver" A possibly even more popular (and arguably very gross) reference is found in ''Lola Rastaquouère'', a song by
Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoc ...
, a famous and controversial French artist: :"Comment oses-tu me parler d'amour toi, hein :Toi qui n'as pas connu Lola Rastaquouère :Je lui faisais le plein comme au Latécoère :Qui décolle en vibrant vers les cieux africains" Latécoère is mentioned by name in the first sentence of Antoine de Saint Exupéry's famous autobiographical work, ''Wind, Sand, and Stars'', (1936) - from the English translation: "In 1926 I was enrolled as student airline pilot by the Latécoère Company, the predecessors of Aéropostale (now Air France) in the operation of the line between Toulouse, in southwestern France, and Dakar, in French West Africa."


References


External links


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