Blériot-SPAD S.70

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S.70
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Blériot
Designer André Herbemont
First flight 20 April 1927
Primary user Aéronautique Militaire
Number built 1

The Blériot-SPAD S.70 was a French fighter aircraft developed in the late 1920s.

Design and development[edit]

The S.70 was the second prototype of the S.60, being a two-seat biplane fighter of all-wood construction with a canvas coating and a monocoque fuselage.

Specifications[edit]

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
  • Wing area: 36.6 m2 (394 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,331 kg (2,934 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,893 kg (4,173 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine 12Ed 'Courlis' W-12 water-cooled piston engine, 340 kW (450 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)

See also[edit]

Related development

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SPAD S-70 - avion de chasse - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.