The Besson MB.35 Passe Partout was a French two-seat spotter and observation floatplane, designed by Besson. It was intended to serve on Surcouf a very large (for its day) submarine, stowed in a sealed hangar.[1] The first aircraft was destroyed during trials and the second was converted to the MB.41, prototype of the Besson MB.411, which did serve on Surcouf.[2]
Besson MB.35 3-view drawing from L'Air December 1, 1926
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928,[3] Biplanes, Triplanes, and Seaplanes,[1] Submarines with wings : the past, present and future of aircraft-carrying submarines[2]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) wings spread
Wingspan: 9.85 m (32 ft 4 in) wings spread
Width: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) wings folded for submarine stowage
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^ abcSharpe, Michael (2000). Biplanes, Triplanes, and Seaplanes. London: Friedman/Fairfax Books. p. 80. ISBN1-58663-300-7.
^ abHeinemann, with a foreword by Ed.; Treadwell, Terry C. (1985). Submarines with wings : the past, present and future of aircraft-carrying submarines. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 75–83, 113. ISBN0851773699.
^Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 113c–114c.
Bibliography
Morareau, Lucien (March 2000). "Courrier des Lecteurs" [Readers' Letters]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (84): 2–3. ISSN1243-8650.
Passingham, Malcolm (February 2000). "Les hydravions embarqués sur sous-marins" [Submarine-carried Seaplanes]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (83): 7–17. ISSN1243-8650.
