# Besson H-6

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Besson H-6 Besson H-6 displayed at the 1921 Salon de l'Aeronautique in Paris. General information Type Single-seat postal flying-boat National origin France Manufacturer Marcel Besson History First flight 1921

The **Besson H-6** was a French single-seat [postal](/source/Mail) [flying-boat](/source/Flying-boat) designed by the [Marcel Besson](/source/Besson_(aircraft)) company of Boulogne.[1]

## Development

The H-6 was a single-seat triplane flying-boat powered by a [Clerget 9B](/source/Clerget_9B) radial piston engine. The engine was mounted on the leading edge of the centre wing and drove a tractor propeller.[1]

The H-6 was displayed at the 1921 [Salon de l'Aeronautique](/source/Paris_Air_Show) in Paris.[1][2]

## Specifications

*Data from* [1]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** 1

- **Length:** 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)

- **Wingspan:** 9.25 m (30 ft 4 in)

- **Height:** 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)

- **Wing area:** 30.0 m2 (323 sq ft)

- **Empty weight:** 600 kg (1,323 lb)

- **Max takeoff weight:** 864 kg (1,905 lb)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × [Clerget 9B](/source/Clerget_9B) radial piston engine, 97 kW (130 hp)

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)

- **Range:** 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)

- **Service ceiling:** 3,600 m (11,800 ft)

## See also

**Related lists**

- [List of flying boats and floatplanes](/source/List_of_flying_boats_and_floatplanes)

## References

### Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-orbis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-orbis_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-orbis_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-orbis_1-3) Orbis 1985, p. 655

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Marcel Besson single seater fly boat type H.6"](http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200776.html) *FLIGHT*, November 24th 1921, photos and text description

### Bibliography

- *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)*. Orbis Publishing.

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