Enormous, Beautiful, Deadly - the Latécoère 631

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Sad about the copy right issue... But a MOST interesting and well researched topic. Enjoyed it very much.

Congratulations for the big research work ! this plane is special to me since my grandfather worked at Latecoere on the building and then maintenance of the 631, and he sometimes talked to me about it (by the way I knew nothing of the Boeing 314, just the opposite to most people here). It is a big pity that it lacked anti-ice boots, this is not understandable (even my own plane built 1974 has several). I learned a lot about that beloved plane thanks to your work. I had still pictures from my grandpa, but it is the first time I see videos of her. Little detail : the newspaper in the video is from from the victory of 1918, not the defeat of 1940, but I prefer it like that ;-) Big Thanks to you, continue the good work !

As a fan of big flying boats, particularly the Boeing 314, I'm surprised that I've never heard of this plane. It was truly beautiful! If I were a billionaire I would build a modernized replica of it. Good job on the video and thank you for telling the story of such a rare bird.

The fact they didn't have any de-icing or anti-icing systems on their aircraft makes me shudder. RIP to the lost.

It is a pity that there is no film of take-offs or landings showing the deployment of the wing floats.

An important video. This is an outstanding presentation which keeps alive the memory of a remarkable, if under-developed and under-tested aircraft. Many thanks for the time and effort poured into making this documentary. Very much appreciated.

At last ! A video on this forgotten but beautiful aircraft. Thanks a lot

Victim of being a pioneer. Beautiful looking plane though. Great video!👍🏻

It is interesting that the 631 overlapped the Sanders Roe SR 45 which never went into service because the demand for flying boats had waned due to more airports being built for land based aircraft so putting the 631's safety record aside it would have been redundant anyway just like the SR 45.

I was expecting REXS hanger, the art looks sooo similar. He’s a little more in-depth but this is a good video as well

This makes two plane in a row I've never heard of. Great work.

Damn the wings coming off is brutal

Out of all the flying boats this is definitely the most elegant... 😎😎👍👍

the biggest issue that led to the 631 poor reputation was certainly the circumstances that surrounded the prototypes N°1 had a short testing phase before the germans squirreled it away N°2 never was properly tested and was used a the first production plane in the context of a reindustrialising France, the testing phase was shortened to it's bare minimum, leading to host of issues to remain undiscovered until it hit the users (an issue shared by many state-run programs in the 50's)

That is a new one on me! Everyday a school day. Excellent.

A beautiful aircraft of which I knew very little about. Great presentation... Thank you very much.

It's really cool that the Mars is still used today as forest fire fighting equipment

Fantastic work man.

A very well done video! Thank you so much