__NOTOC__ The Renard R.30 was a prototype trimotor airliner built in Belgium in 1931.Taylor 1989, p.758 It was a strut-braced high-wing

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of conventional design with a fully enclosed flight deck and separate passenger compartment. One engine was mounted on the nose, while the other two were mounted on the leading edges of the wings. Construction was metal throughout, skinned in

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and fabric. The R.30 was designed in response to a Belgian government requirement of 1929 for a long-range passenger transport aircraft to service

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. The design met the specifications laid down, but by the time it flew in 1931, it was judged already obsolete. The single prototype, registered OO-AMK, was the only example built.

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