Gourdou-Leseurre GL-820 HY


The Gourdou-Leseurre GL-820 HY family of four-seat single-engined floatplanes were designed and built in France during the latter half of the 1930s by Gourdou-Leseurre. The GL-820 HY and GL-821 HY 02 were shipborne reconnaissance / obeservation aircraft, while the sole GL-821 HY was built as a torpedo carrier.

Design and development

The Gl-820 and GL-821 were low-wing monoplane floatplanes with four tandem open cockpits,. The wings, tailplanes and floats were all supported by a system of streamlined struts.

Variants

;GL-820 HY:The initial reconnaissance aircraft prototype, powered by a Hispano-Suiza 9Vb driving a two-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller.
;GL-821 HY:The second aircraft built as a torpedo carrier, powered by a Gnome & Rhône 9Kfr.
;GL-821 HY 02:The third aircraft, powered by a Gnome & Rhône 9Kfr driving a three-bladed metal propeller.

Specifications (GL-821 HY)