Blériot-SPAD S.42
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Role | biplane trainer |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | SPAD |
Designer | Louis Béchéreau |
First flight | 6 August 1921 |
Primary user | Aéronautique Militaire |
Number built | 10 |
The SPAD S.42 was a French biplane trainer aircraft of the early 1920s, developed by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) from prolific SPAD S.XIII fighter.
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One of the S.42s at Doshan Tappeh airfield, near Tehran, in Iran
Specifications[]
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.77 m (22 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 8.65 m (28 ft 5 in)
- Height: 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 22.12 m2 (238.1 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 685 kg (1,510 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,056 kg (2,328 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
- Range: 450 km (280 mi, 240 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
References[]
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- ^ "SPAD S-42 - avion d'entrainement - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 2004-01-19. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
Bibliography[]
- Andersson, Lennart (July 1998). "Histoire de l'aéronautique persane, 1921–1941: La première aviation du Chah d'Iran" [History of the Persian Air Force, 1921–1941: The First Aircraft of the Shah of Iran]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (76): 2–12. ISSN 1243-8650.
Categories:
- SPAD aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1921
- Biplanes
- Single-engined tractor aircraft