Blériot-SPAD S.33

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Blériot-SPAD S.33
Role Airliner
Manufacturer Blériot
First flight 12 December 1920
Primary users
Franco-Roumaine, CMA
SNETA
Number built ca. 41
Variants Blériot-SPAD S.46
Blériot-SPAD S.56

The Bleriot-SPAD S.33 was a small French

Franco-Roumaine
.

One interesting development was a sole example converted by

CIDNA
to act as a blind-flying trainer. A set of controls was installed inside the passenger cabin, the windows of which had been blacked out.

Variants

S.33
Single-engined passenger transport aircraft, powered by a 260 hp (190 kW)
Salmson CM.9
radial piston engine. 41 aircraft built.
S.46
Improved version of the S.33, powered by a 370 hp (280 kW)
Lorraine-Dietrich 12Da engine. 38 built and sold to the Franco-Roumaine Company
.
S.48
A single S.33 temporarily re-engined in 1925, fitted with a 275 hp (205 kW) Lorraine 7M Mizar engine.
S.50
Luxury version with passenger cabin enlarged to six seats, fitted with a 300 hp (220 kW)
Hispano-Suiza 8Fb
engine. Three were converted from S.33s, plus two all-new aircraft.

Operators

 France
  • Franco-Roumaine
    (20 aircraft)
  • CMA (15 aircraft)
 Belgium

Specifications (S.33)

Blériot-SPAD S.33 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile June,1921

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924,[1] Aviafrance:SPAD S-33,[2] Flight 7 July 1921:[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 4/5 pax
  • Length: 9.08 m (29 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.66 m (38 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 43 m2 (460 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,797 kg (3,962 lb)
  • Powerplant: ×
    Salmson CM.9
    9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  • Range: 1,060 km (660 mi, 570 nmi)
  • Endurance: 5 hours
  • Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 10 minutes 5 seconds; 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 23 minutes; 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 45 minutes 32 seconds
  • Wing loading: 46.5 kg/m2 (9.5 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 0.0932 kW/kg (0.0567 hp/lb)

See also

Related development

References

  1. ^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1924). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 95b.
  2. ^ Parmentier, Bruno. "SPAD S-33". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. Flight
    . XIII (27): 460–462. 7 July 1921. No. 654. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
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Further reading

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 163.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 42.
  • Warner, Edward P. (May 2008). "Les avions de ligne au banc d'essai en 1921" [Airlines on the Test Bench in 1921]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (462): 44–55.
    ISSN 0757-4169
    .
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