Blériot-SPAD S.46
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The Blériot-SPAD S.46 was a small French airliner of the 1920s, developed from the Blériot-SPAD S.33. Like its predecessor, it was a conventional biplane that seated four passengers in an enclosed cabin while the pilot and occasionally a fifth passenger rode in an open cockpit. The S.46 had a redesigned wing of longer span and a far more powerful engine. The type was employed by Franco-Roumaine, which purchased 38 out of the 40 examples produced for use on their continental European routes.
In 1922 one of the S.46s, modified to use a more powerful Script error: No such module "convert". Lorraine 12E Courlis W-12 engine was redesignated S.86. In 1929 this was changed to a Hispano-Suiza engine in the same power range and redesignated S.126.
In 1925, the surviving 34 Franco-Roumaine aircraft were recalled to Blériot where they underwent remanufacture to incorporate various refinements. These refurbished aircraft were redesignated S.66. One of these aircraft was subsequently also modified to use a more powerful Script error: No such module "convert". Lorraine 12E Courlis W-12 engine and redesignated S.116.
Variants
- S.46
- Single-engined passenger airliner, powered by a single Script error: No such module "convert". Lorraine-Dietrich 12Da V-12 engine.
- S.66
- 38 remanufactured S.46s.
- S.86
- One S.46 was modified when it was fitted with the more powerful Script error: No such module "convert". Lorraine 12E Courlis W-12 engine.
- S.116
- One S.66 was modified with the more powerful Script error: No such module "convert". Renault 12Ja V-12 engine
- S.126
- The S.86 was further modified again, when it was fitted with a Script error: No such module "convert". Hispano-Suiza 12Ha V-12 engine.
Operators
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- Franco-Roumaine (38 aircraft)
Specifications (S.46)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 pilot
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References
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- aviafrance.com