Blériot 165

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165
Type Airliner
Manufacturer Blériot
Maiden flight 27 October 1926
Primary user Air Union
Number built 2

The Blériot 165 (or Bl-165) was a French airliner of the 1920s. It was a four-engined biplane, a final development in the family of designs that began with the Blériot 115. Two were built for Air Union to replace the Farman Goliath on their Paris-London route and were christened Léonard de Vinci and Octave Chanute. The airline found that it preferred the Liore-et-Olivier LeO 21s that it had ordered alongside this aircraft, meaning that no further examples were produced.

The second aircraft had originally been fitted with Renault 12 inline engines and night-flying equipment and had been designated Blériot 175, but it was soon refitted to the same standard as the first and shared its designation. At one point, plans were made to build a second 175 for Paul Codos to make a long-distance flight from Paris to Tokyo, but this did not eventuate. Similarly, plans to build a bomber version as the Blériot 123 were also abandoned.


[edit] Variants

  • 165 - Original design with Bristol Jupiter engines
  • 175 - Renault 12-powered version, fitted with night-flying gear.
  • 123 - Projected three-seat bomber version. Not built.

[edit] Operators

Flag of France France
  • Air Union

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two pilots
  • Capacity: 16 passengers
  • Length: 14.75 m (48 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 23.00 m (75 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 4.85 m (15 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 119.1 m² (1,281 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 2,919 kg (6,435 lb)
  • Gross weight: 5,600 kg (12,346 lb)
  • Powerplant: 4 × Gnome et Rhône licence-built Bristol Jupiter 9Ab radial engines, 313 kW (420 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph)
  • Range: 525 km (327 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,120 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 2.2 m/s (440 ft/min)

[edit] References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 162. 
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. 
  • aviafrance.com



[edit] See also

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