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Blériot-SPAD S.40

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The Blériot-SPAD S.40 was a French observation aircraft built in the early 1920s. It was a biplane with a monocoque fuselage of wood and canvas construction. The specification lists a crew of two, a length of 9.02 m, a wingspan of 12.47 m, a height of 3.25 m, a wing area of 43 square metres, an empty weight of 1,282 kg, a gross weight of 1,982 kg and a maximum speed of 215 km/h from one 280 kW Lorraine 12D water-cooled V-12 piston engine driving a two-bladed fixed-pitch propeller. The English Wikipedia article is a short stub and gives no account of its service or of how many were built.

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Engine Class
Piston 1
Power (kW)
280 1
Top Speed (km/h)
215 1
Mass (kg)
1282 1
Maximum Mass (kg)
1982 1
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The Bleriot-SPAD S.40 was a French observation aircraft built in the early 1920s.

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The Bleriot-SPAD S.40 was a French observation aircraft built in the early 1920s.
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  • Specifications
    Empty weight: 1,282 kg (2,826 lb)
  • Specifications, maximum mass
    Gross weight: 1,982 kg (4,370 lb)
  • Specifications, top speed
    Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
  • Specifications, powerplant
    Lorraine 12D V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 280 kW (370 hp)
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    The Bleriot-SPAD S.40 was a French observation aircraft built in the early 1920s.
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