Blériot-SPAD S.71
| S.71 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Blériot |
| First flight | 14 January 1923 |
| Primary user | Aéronautique Militaire |
| Number built | 1 |
The Blériot-SPAD S.71 was a French fighter aircraft developed in the early 1920s.
Design and development[]
The S.71 was a single-seat fighter plane of all-wood construction with jointed fabric.
Specifications[]
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 30 m2 (320 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 867 kg (1,911 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,306 kg (2,879 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 237 km/h (147 mph, 128 kn)
References[]
- ^ "SPAD S-71 - avion de chasse - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
Bibliography[]
- Bruner, Georges (1977). "Fighters a la Francaise, Part One". Air Enthusiast (3): 85–95. ISSN 0143-5450.
Categories:
- Fighter aircraft
- Biplanes
- 1920s French fighter aircraft
- SPAD aircraft
- Single-engined tractor aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1923