The ANF Les Mureaux 170 was a French single-seat parasol fighter monoplane which was rejected to enter into service with the French Armée de l'Air.
In 1930 the French government issued a contest for a single-seat fighter that should reach the 350 km/h and that should be powered by a supercharged engine. In order to win the contest, ANF Les Mureaux presented the ANF Les Mureaux 170 which was a parasol winged monoplane of all metal construction. It was powered by a 690hp Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs V12 engine and was armed with two wing-mounted 7,7 Vickers machine guns.
The wings were slightly gulled and tapered out in order to give it maximum chord and thickness along the wing. They were braced to fuselage by struts, both undercarriages, the tailwheel and the front one were fixed and the pilot sat in an open cockpit.
The prototype was flown on 19th November 1932 and, in spite of the good performance shown, it was in fact described as "the fastest French service aircraft", the view from the cockpit was very poor, specially when landing. A second prototype was flown for the first time in March 1934 but it wasn't chosen for production, because the contest was won by both the Dewoitine D.500 and the Blériot-SPAD S.510. This type served as the basis for the next ANF Les Mureaux airplane, the ANF Les Mureaux 180.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANF_Les_Mureaux_170
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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