Blériot -SPAD S.33

what is it?

The Bleriot-SPAD S.33 was a small French airliner developed soon after World War I. The aircraft was a biplane of conventional configuration whose design owed much to the Blériot company's contemporary fighter designs such as the S.20. Four passengers could be accommodated in an enclosed cabin within the monocoque fuselage, and a fifth passenger could ride in the open cockpit beside the pilot. A great success, the S.33 dominated its field throughout the 1920s, initially on CMA's Paris-London route, and later on continental routes serviced by Franco-Roumaine.

🔎How to recognise it: piston engines · 11.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• range 1,060 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,797 kgmax take-off weight
• built 43made 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 106 years ago, in 1920.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,060 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1920

number built

43

role

airliner

makers

Blériot

engines

Salmson CM.9

crew

1

length

9.1 m

wingspan

11.7 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

1,797 kg

top speed

180 km/h

range

1,060 km

ceiling

4,000 m

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