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| name=R-III
| image=Loring R-III Annuaire de L'Aéronautique 1931.jpg
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| type=Reconnaissance and light attack aircraft
| national origin=Spain
| manufacturer=[[Talleres Loring]]
| designer=[[Eduardo Barron]]
| first flight=1926
| introduced=
| retired=
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| primary user=''[[Spanish Air Force|Aeronáutica Militar]]''
| number built=110
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The '''Loring R-III''' or '''R-3''' was a 1920s Spanish two-seat sesquiplane [[reconnaissance aircraft|reconnaissance]] and light [[attack aircraft]] designed by engineer [[Eduardo Barrón]] and built by Dr. [[Jorge Loring Martinez|Jorge Loring's]] company — ''[[Talleres Loring]]''.
==Operational history==
In the mid 1920s, during [[Miguel Primo de Rivera|General Primo de Rivera]]'s dictatorship the R-III entered a contest along with the [[Potez 25]] for the modernization of the [[Spanish Air Force|Spanish Military Air Arm]]. Both planes had similar characteristics, but the Military Directory favoured the Loring R-III in order to promote local industries.
The ''Aeronáutica Militar'' placed an order of 110 units, which put the Loring company at the head of the Spanish aeronautical industry of the time.
In October and November 1926 three variants of the R-3 were exhibited at the Loring section of the National Aeronautics Exhibition held in Madrid's [[Buen Retiro Park|''Palacio de Cristal'']]: The R-3, the C-1 fighter and the T-1 light trainer. Neither the fighter nor the trainer variants, however, went into production.<ref>[http://ateneodecordoba.com/index.php/Jorge_Loring_Mart%C3%ADnez Ateneo - Jorge Loring Martinez]</ref>
Some R-3s remained in service well after the proclamation of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]] until the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name=Orbis>{{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}</ref> It is not clear, however, whether they saw active service in the civil war.<ref>[http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/drnash/model/spain/might.html Aircraft that may have participated in the Spanish Civil War]</ref>
==Variants==
[[File:Loring_R-III-Aeronautica_Militar.jpg|thumb|Loring R-III Aeronautica Militar]]
;R-3:The main version with two tandem open cockpits; powered by a {{convert|600|kW|abbr=on}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12H]]b engine.
;C-1:[[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]] prototype based on the R-3; one built and exhibited at the ''Palacio de Cristal'' Aeronautical exhibition in 1926.
;T-1:Light [[trainer aircraft|trainer]] based on the R-3; one prototype built in 1926.
==Operators==
;{{ESP}} (Kingdom)
*''[[Spanish Air Force|Aeronáutica Militar]]''
;{{flag|Spain|1931}} (Republic)
*''[[Spanish Republican Army#The Aeronáutica Militar|Aeronáutica Militar]]''
==Specifications==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=''Ejército del Aire'' website,<ref name=ejdelaire>{{cite web|title=LORING R-III|url=http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/ea/pag?idDoc=6D231241BE78CB85C12570D700465185&idRef=E453C9331A7F3481C125745000327F2B|website=ejercitodelaire.mde.es|access-date=30 November 2014|language=es}}</ref> Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931<ref name=JAWA1931>{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1931 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |page=232c}}</ref>
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|eng1 hp=600
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::{{cvt|5000|m}} in 22 minutes
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|wing loading kg/m2=51
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|power/mass={{cvt|0.1163|hp/lb|order=flip}}
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|guns=<br/>
::2 × fixed, forward-firing {{convert|7.7|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} machine guns in the engine cowling.
::2 × trainable {{convert|7.7|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} machine guns on a [[Scarff ring]] for the observer.
|bombs= 40x {{cvt|11|kg}} or 8x {{cvt|50|kg}} bombs
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==See also==
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|related=*[[Loring R-1|Loring R-I]]
|similar aircraft=*[[AME VI]]
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|lists=*[[List of Interwar military aircraft]]
*[[List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
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