Blériot-SPAD S.27

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.

S.27
Role Airliner
Manufacturer Blériot
Designer André Herbemont
First flight November 10 1919
Primary user CMA/Air Union
Number built ca. 10

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

 France

Specifications (S.27)

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

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

References

  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
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