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The Levasseur PL.3 AM3 was a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft produced in France in the 1920s tofulfil a specification for a three-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft. The PL.3 AM3, a biplane of all-wood construction did not enter production and only the prototypr was built.[1] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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|empty weight kg=1435
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db
|eng1 type=V-12 water-cooled piston engine
|eng1 hp=400
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|lists=- List of Interwar military aircraft
}}References1. ^1 {{cite web |last1=Parmentier |first1=Bruno |title=Levasseur PL 3 AM3 |url=https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9430&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=816&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= |website=Aviafrance |accessdate=2 February 2019 |location=Paris |language=fr |date=6 December 2001}}
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