The Villiers 26 was a French naval seaplane which used Handley Page slats to provide the wide speed range required for escort and patrol duties.
The 1928 Villiers XXIV nightfighter was the first French aircraft to use Handley Page slats[1] and Viliers used them again in a slightly different way on their Type 26.
[3] Mounted on the lower fuselage with about 4° of dihedral, they were built around two box spars with spruce ribs and fabric covered.
It was powered by a 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome & Rhône 9A nine-cylinder radial engine, a licence-built Bristol Jupiter, mounted on a duralumin frame in the nose.
The gunner had an open cockpit behind the cabin, fitted with twin 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis guns on a flexible mount.