Blériot 127

what is it?

The Blériot 127 (or Bl-127) was a monoplane bomber aircraft developed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Blériot. It was derived from the Blériot 117 escort fighter during the mid 1920s. The Blériot 127 was a relatively large aircraft for the era, featuring a conventional basic configuration and open gunner's positions in its nose and at the rear of its two underwing engine nacelles.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 23.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 221 km/htop speed
• range 1,500 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,466 kgmax take-off weight
• built 44made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 23.2 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,500 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1926-05-07

introduced

1929

retired

1934

status

retired

number built

44

role

bomber

makers

Blériot

engines

2× Hispano-Suiza 12Hb

crew

4

length

14.5 m

wingspan

23.2 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

4,466 kg

top speed

221 km/h

range

1,500 km

ceiling

8,100 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.