Blériot-SPAD S.510

what is it?

The Blériot SPAD S.510 was a French single-seat, single-engined biplane fighter aircraft. First flying in 1933, 60 were built for the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force), entering service in 1936. The type remained in service as a fighter-trainer at the start of the Second World War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 370 km/htop speed
• range 875 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,830 kgmax take-off weight
• built 61made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1933-01-06

introduced

1936

number built

61

role

fighter

makers

Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs

crew

1

length

7.5 m

wingspan

8.8 m

height

3.7 m

max take-off weight

1,830 kg

top speed

370 km/h

range

875 km

ceiling

10,100 m

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