Blériot 165

The Blériot 165, also written Bl-165, was a French airliner of the 1920s, a twin-engined biplane that was the final development of the family of designs begun with the Blériot 115. Two were built for Air Union to replace the Farman Goliath on its Paris to London route and were named Leonardo da Vinci and Octave Chanute. The airline preferred the Lioré et Olivier LeO 21s it had ordered alongside them, so no more were produced. The second aircraft was first fitted with Renault 12Ja inline engines and night-flying equipment as the Blériot 175 before being refitted to the standard of the first, and plans for a bomber version and a long-distance Paris to Tokyo aircraft for Paul Codos were abandoned.