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Bloch MB.150
first flew 1937· fighter aircraft
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bloch MB.151 in flight 1938: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Bloch MB.150 (later MB.151 to MB.157) was a French fighter aircraft developed and produced by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch. It featured an all-metal construction, complete with a retractable undercarriage, low cantilever wing and an enclosed cockpit. The MB.150 was originally developed to conform with the requirements of the 1934 French Air Ministry competition seeking a new fighter design.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.5 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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 3.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- 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
- 1937-05-04
- introduced
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 614
- role
- fighter aircraft
- makers
- Sud-Ouest
- engines
- 1× Gnome-Rhône 14N-25
- crew
- 1
- length
- 9.1 m
- wingspan
- 10.5 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,800 kg
- top speed
- 509 km/h
- cruise speed
- 450 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 10,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q884619, Wikipedia: Bloch MB.150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.