Blériot-SPAD S.41

The Blériot-SPAD S.41 was a French fighter aircraft developed in the early 1920s. It was a refinement of the S.XX and was a single-seat fighter biplane with a monocoque fuselage made of wood, while its wings were made of wood and metal. In 1924 the S.41 was converted to a racer and redesignated S.41bis. The specification lists a length of 6.65 m, a wingspan of 8.68 m, a height of 2.76 m and a wing area of 26.40 square metres, an empty weight of 887 kg, a gross weight of 1,307 kg and a maximum speed of 238 km/h from a 224 kW Hispano-Suiza 8Fb inline engine, with an armament of two fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm Vickers machine guns.