Blériot-SPAD S.71

The Blériot-SPAD S.71 was a French fighter aircraft developed in the early 1920s.

S.71
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Blériot
First flight 14 January 1923
Primary user Aéronautique Militaire
Number built 1

Design and development

The S.71 was a single-seat fighter plane of all-wood construction with jointed fabric.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 30 m2 (320 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 867 kg (1,911 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,306 kg (2,879 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 237 km/h (147 mph, 128 kn)

References
  1. "SPAD S-71 - avion de chasse - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2019-02-04.

Bibliography
  • Bruner, Georges (1977). "Fighters a la Francaise, Part One". Air Enthusiast (3): 85–95. ISSN 0143-5450.
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