This is the SAB AB-20 - a four-engine night bomber development of the three-engine Dyle et Bacalan DB-70 airliner. Dyle et Bacalan went out of business in 1929 - the "fuselage porteur" concept was another (French) aeronautical dead-end. See 'Le Fana de l'Aviation No. 392 (July 2002)
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Sunday, 29 November 2015
SAB AB-20 Dyle et Bacalan 70 -Rare Birds (2)
This is the SAB AB-20 - a four-engine night bomber development of the three-engine Dyle et Bacalan DB-70 airliner. Dyle et Bacalan went out of business in 1929 - the "fuselage porteur" concept was another (French) aeronautical dead-end. See 'Le Fana de l'Aviation No. 392 (July 2002)
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