Blériot 165
Blériot 165/175 | |
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Blériot 165 |
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Type: | Airliner |
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First flight: |
October 27, 1926 |
Number of pieces: |
2 |
The Blériot 165 and the Blériot 175 (short- Bl-165 and BL-175 ) were twin-engine, as biplane designed commercial aircraft of the French manufacturer Blériot Aéronautique from the 1920s. Only one of the machines was ever built. The BI-175 was later converted into a BI-165. An unrealized military variant was the Blériot 123 .
History and construction
The Blériot 165 and its sister model should succeed the outdated Farman Goliath . The designers used the plans for the four-engine Blériot 115 . The first flight took place on October 27, 1926 .
The two pilots sat next to each other in an open cockpit. Up to 16 passengers could be accommodated in the cabin behind. The fuselage had a rectangular cross-section.
When driving the Bl-165 served by two Gnôme et Rhône licenses made Bristol Jupiter - radial engines , arranged between the wings of the biplane. The Bl-175, which was specially designed for night flights, was originally equipped with Renault 12 in -line engines and was also given the designation Bl-165 after being converted to Jupiter engines.
use
Both machines came into the possession of the airline Air Union . The machines, named Léonard de Vinci and Octave Chanute , served the route from Paris to London . In the competition with the Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 21, they proved to be inferior, so the airline decided not to procure any further copies.
The construction of another Bl-175, which the aviation pioneer Paul Codos wanted to use for a long-haul flight from Paris to Tokyo, did not materialize. Plans to develop the aircraft into a bomber called Blériot 123 also failed .
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 2 |
Passengers | 16 |
length | 14.75 m |
span | 23 m |
height | 4.85 m |
Wing area | 119.1 m² |
Empty mass | 2919 kg |
Takeoff mass | 5600 kg |
Top speed | 185 km / h |
Service ceiling | 4000 m |
Range | 525 km |
Engines | two air-cooled nine-cylinder radial engines Gnôme et Rhône Jupiter 9A each with 213 kW (290 PS) |