The Blériot 155, also written Bl-155, was a French airliner of the 1920s: a four-engined biplane developed from the Blériot 115 and 135 but larger than either. Two were built for Air Union's Paris to London route, with room for seventeen passengers. In 1926 Robert Bajac piloted one of them to world absolute duration records for powered aircraft, staying aloft 3 hours 46 minutes 35 seconds with a 1,500 kilogram payload on 26 March and setting the 2,000 kilogram class record on 24 July. Both aircraft were lost in accidents that year, one at Hurst in Kent on 18 August after engine failure in bad weather and the other at Leigh in Kent on 2 October after an in-flight fire.
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Blériot 155 (1925) Four-engine biplane airliner, developed from the Type 115 and 135.
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The Blériot 155 (or Bl-155) was a French airliner of the 1920s
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