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Its defining engineering achievement was a \u003cstrong\u003emodular engine bay\u003c\/strong\u003e capable of accepting any powerplant rated between 370 and 600 hp without structural modification, making it the universal platform of its generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Living Collection brings together \u003cstrong\u003e3 primary-source French-language documents\u003c\/strong\u003e issued by the Société des Aéroplanes Henry Potez and the Ministère de la Guerre — all fixed at their original publication dates and presented in archival facsimile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCollection Manifest\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eT.O.E. 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