The Amiot-S.E.C.M. (French acronym meaning Société d'Emboutissage et de Constructions Mécaniques - Society for Pressing and Mechanical Constructions) 110 was a French interceptor prototype designed and built in 1928.
It was designed by M. Detartre and built by Amiot-S.E.C.M. and was designed in order to win the "Jockey" lightweight interceptor contest, in which it competed against other 9 airplanes. It was made out of all-metal with fabric wing skinning in parasol-type monoplane configuration. It had a jettisonable aerofoil-section fuel tank inserted in the fuselage at the aft of the main undercarriage.
It was powered by a 500hp Hispano-Suiza liquid cooled 12-cylinder engine and was going to be armed with a pair of 0.303 Vickers machine guns, however it's believed that the weaponry was never installed.
It made its' maiden flight on June 1928, and it seemed a serious candidate to win the "Jockey" contest, but when it crashed in July 1929, killing the pilot because of many loose rivets and integrity flaws, and therefore the production stopped after a second prototype was built but was considered highly inferior to the Nieuport-Delage NiD. 62.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiot_110
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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