SPAD p.26
The SPAD S.26 was a two-seat biplane - aircraft of the French manufacturer Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés .
General
This aircraft was a further development of the Blériot-SPAD S.XX to the floatplane, equipped with a Hispano-Suiza engine trimmed to 235 kW (340 hp) . This one-off machine was specially made for aircraft races. The machine, which was already registered for the Schneider Trophy in 1919 in Bournemouth / England , did not take part in this competition due to a swimmer's damage.
The machine was then redrawn on page 26bis and converted to a larger span in order to take part in the so-called "Grand Meeting" in Monaco .
Equipped back to the "old" version, it won a speed competition with an average speed of 211.395 km / h.
Again as p.26bis, the aircraft climbed to an altitude of 6,500 m in 16 minutes on April 27, 1920 and won the Roland Garros altitude prize.
construction
The S.26 was a single-handled double-decker.
The fuselage was a wooden structure in shell construction.
The lower wings were made shorter than the upper ones, the upper wings were heavily swept, the lower, however, were at right angles to the fuselage; the ailerons were on the lower wings.
The machine had twin swimmers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ SPAD S.XX (Herbemont) Sud Est Aviation , globalsecurity.org