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- 1. Bloch 220 photo L'Aerophile August 1937: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Bloch MB.220 was a French twin-engine passenger transport airplane built by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch during the 1930s.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · tailwheel (taildragger) · 22.8 m wingspan
base stats
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22.8 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,400 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
- 1936-06-11
- introduced
- 1937
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 17
- role
- airliner
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Bloch
- engines
- 2× Gnome-Rhône 14N-16 / Gnome-Rhône 14N-17 / Gnome et Rhône 14N
- crew
- 3
- passengers
- 16
- length
- 19.6 m
- wingspan
- 22.8 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 9,500 kg
- top speed
- 350 km/h
- cruise speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- 1,400 km
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
- wings
- monoplane
- landing gear
- conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q142773, Wikipedia: Bloch MB.220 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.