Latécoère 21

The Latécoère 21 was a French flying boat built in 1925 for Lignes Aériennes Latécoère, which used it as an airliner on routes between France and North Africa. It was the first of the company's flying boats and the first aircraft to carry mail between Marseille and Algiers. The design was conventional for its time, with a parasol monoplane wing braced by Warren truss struts to stub wings that served as sponsons for stability on the water. Its two engines sat in tandem in a push-pull arrangement on the wing, and up to seven passengers rode in an enclosed cabin while two pilots sat side by side in separate open cockpits.