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Latécoère 25
The Latécoère 25 served the company’s mail routes between France and North Africa, with later routes extending toward South America. A Saint-Exupéry heritage association describes how the type’s greater mail capacity and room for a radio operator helped change the company’s route planning.
Latecoere 25 figures published by the Antoine de Saint Exupery heritage association.
631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Large-flying-boat controls
The 2023 guide illustrates trim and gyropilot controls in the MSFS 2020 cockpit. This older manual does not establish unchanged MSFS 2024 operation.
Legacy manual; MSFS 2024 interfaces remain unverified
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The clipboard controls starting states and doors
The General page offers cold-and-dark, automatic start and automatic shutdown states, plus door controls.
2023 MSFS 2020 guide · PDF pages 6–7
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Dock and buoy options help keep the aircraft in place
The dock and anchor-buoy options require the aircraft to be on water and prevent uncontrolled drifting.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 8
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Check fuel and oil levels on the Engine page
This clipboard page displays tank levels because the documented cockpit lacks fuel-level indicators. It also provides a refill control.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 9
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The undercarriage is for ground positioning
Its four-way control moves the aircraft, with a central stop button. The guide explicitly excludes takeoff or landing with this equipment enabled.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 10, visually checked
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Shut down the engines before using the tug
The towing page activates the boat only with aircraft engines off. Separate direction and throttle controls move it.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 11
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The gyropilot holds an established heading or altitude
The guide requires the gyropilot and master switches before the hold controls. Its speed-hold function is unused in this version.
MSFS 2020 guide · PDF page 27
Latécoère 631 · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
The original MSFS 2020 release
The MSFS Team announced Local Legend IX as available on 19 June 2023 alongside City Update II: France. The aircraft was a paid Marketplace release, separate from the free scenery update.
2023-06-19 · release and package scope
Latécoère 631
The French Latécoère 631 was a six-engine flying boat intended for transatlantic passenger service. Its long hull, high wing and radial engines date from the final era of large civil flying boats. The Second World War disrupted development and service.
Land-based airliners later displaced this approach to long-distance transport. The aircraft's numerous engines and large crew stations reflect the systems and navigation demands of its period.
Aircraft / family
France-Hydro: contemporary reports from Les Ailes
Issue-dated reports from 1952–1955, compiled 2024; selected 1952 material
Learjet 25 Classic
The Learjet 25 Classic uses two CJ610 engines, retractable tricycle gear and hydraulic flaps and spoilers. The Xtreme Prototypes manual describes manually powered elevator, aileron and rudder controls, with electric secondary trim.
Learjet 25 Classic
