Villiers II

The Villiers II was a twin-seat navalised fighter aircraft designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Ateliers d'Aviation François Villiers.
One of the first aircraft designed by the company, it was developed with the intention of being operated from the <a href="/facts/French_Navy/hL9F15Wk">French Navy</a>'s <a href="/facts/Aircraft_carrier/90vrSN0V">Aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/facts/French_aircraft_carrier_B%C3%A9arn/6rJgkTRN">Béarn</a>. It was a single-engined <a href="/facts/Tractor_configuration/qKkCrIDj">tractor</a> <a href="/facts/Biplane/sLsrVY1F">biplane</a> with a waterproof <a href="/facts/Hull_(watercraft)/hY6LxATt">hull</a> in the form of a <a href="/facts/Flying_boat/UmALvlKC">flying boat</a> to allow the aircraft to be safely landed on water in an emergency. Performing its <a href="/facts/Maiden_flight/LW569ILn">maiden flight</a> in 1925, the type entered service two years later. In total, two prototypes and 30 production aircraft were built; it had a relatively brief service life with the French Navy, during which time it was never operated from an aircraft carrier.

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Villiers II