In 1935, Alfred Renard, chief designer and co-founder of the Renard company, started design of a pressurised airliner for use by
SABENA on its routes to the
Belgian Congo. Renard designed a low-winged monoplane of all-metal construction, powered by three engines as required by SABENA, and received an order for a single prototype on 3 April 1936. The R.35 had a circular section fuselage, housing a pressurised cabin which accommodated twenty passengers and a flight crew of three. It was intended to be powered by a range of radial engines with the 950 hp (709 kW)
Gnome-Rhône 14K preferred by Renard, but the prototype was fitted with 750 hp (560 kW)
Gnome-Rhône 9K engines. Following this crash, SABENA abandoned its interest in the R.35, and Renard abandoned development. ==Variants==