Latécoère 380

The Latécoère 380 was a flying boat aircraft designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Latécoère. It was designed for use on Aéropostale's mail routes to South America, the aircraft subsequently saw military service as a maritime patrol aircraft.

The Latécoère 380 was a largely conventional flying boat design, being a parasol-wing monoplane equipped with sponsons set either side of the hull. It was powered by a pair of Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs engines installed in a tandem push-pull paired arrangement. During September 1931, the first aircraft was used to set six world seaplane records, including three speed-with-load-over-distance records and a closed circuit distance-with-load record of 2,208 km (1,372 mi). A second mail plane was constructed soon afterwards, while a further three military-orientated flying boats, designated Latécoère 381, followed in 1934.