The Sud-Ouest Corse was a French mail and passenger transport aircraft, built by

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Development and design

The Corse began as the S.O.90 Cassiopée, a nine-passenger aircraft. The S.O.93 Corse and S.O.94 Corse II prototypes were developed as the S.O.95 Corse III. The aircraft was a cantilever mid-wing monoplane, powered by two Renault 12S engines with a retractable conventional landing gear. Seating up to 13 passengers, the seats could be quickly removed in order to carry more cargo. Intended to serve

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, it failed their aircraft requirements. 60 aircraft were built for Aeronavale, and a small number for other overseas airlines.

Variants

;SNCASO SO.90 Cassiopée: Wartime prototype for 8 passengers and powered by 325 hp Bearn 6D-07 engines. First flew 16 August 1943 with 3 built. ;S.O.93 Corse: Prototype powered by Renault 12S engines, 1 built. ;S.O.94 Corse II: Production 10 passenger version, 15 built. ;S.O.94R: Radar training conversion of S.O.94. ;S.O.95M Corse III: Production 13 passenger version with tail-wheel undercarriage, all 45 built for military use.

Operators

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- ordered two aircraft in 1949. Withdrawn from service in October 1950.

Specifications (S.O.95 Corse III)

References

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