SPAD S.XX

what is it?

The Blériot-SPAD S.20 (originally known as the SPAD S.XX) was a French fighter aircraft developed near the end of World War I. Too late to serve in the war, almost 100 of these aircraft equipped the French Air Force in the years immediately following. These agile aircraft were also used successfully for air racing and record-setting.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 9.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 217 km/htop speed
• range 400 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,306 kgmax take-off weight
• built 100made 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1918-08-07

introduced

1920

number built

100

role

fighter

makers

Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8Fb inline engine

length

7.3 m

wingspan

9.7 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

1,306 kg

top speed

217 km/h

range

400 km

ceiling

8,000 m

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