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Blériot-SPAD S.27

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S.27
General information
TypeAirliner
ManufacturerBlériot
Designer
Primary userCMA/Air Union
Number builtca. 10
History
First flightNovember 10 1919

The Blériot-SPAD S.27 was a small French airliner developed soon after World War I. It was produced as a way for the Blériot company to find new markets for its wartime products in the postwar market, in this instance by adapting the design of the S.20 fighter into a small airliner. Accommodation for two passengers was provided in a small cabin within the fuselage, but in other respects the S.27 strongly resembled its predecessor.

Three were operated by CMA on its Paris-London route, this total increasing to ten by the time that the company merged into Air Union.

Operators

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 France

Specifications (S.27)

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Data from European Transport Aircraft since 1910[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 2 passengers
  • Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.72 m (31 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 30 m2 (320 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 850 kg (1,874 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,260 kg (2,778 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fa water-cooled V8 engine, 220 kW (300 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  • Endurance: 3 hr

See also

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Related development S.XVIII - S.20 - S.26 - S.31

References

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  1. ^ Stroud 1966, p. 46
  • Stroud, John (1966). European Transport Aircraft since 1910. London: Putnam.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 163.
  • aviafrance.com