Flight, December 1926

The Paris Aero Show 1926

BLERIOT-AERONAUTIQUE

   THE exhibit of Bleriot-Aeronautique consists of (a) the Spad-61 altitude record type aeroplane, with 450 h.p. Lorraine-Dietrich engine, on which M. Callizo established the existing world's record with 12,442 m. on August 23, 1926; (6) the fuselage of a Bleriot-165 transport aeroplane; (c) a Bleriot variable pitch propeller; and (d) a Bleriot elastic wheel.
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   The Bleriot 165 Transport Aeroplane.- The Bleriot 165 transport aeroplane, which is now undergoing tests at Villacoublay, is a twin-engined adaptation of the Bleriot 155 four-engined transport machine. It is understood that the Bleriot 165, which is fitted with two 420 h.p. Gnome-Rhone Jupiter engines, will be placed on the Paris-London service by the Air Union and that the four-engined machines of this type which were on order for this company will be transformed into twin-engined types.
   The Bleriot 165 is timber-framed throughout. The cabin, which accommodates 16 passengers, is very spacious and comfortable. A dual pilot's cockpit is fitted in the nose of the machine, and underneath this cockpit there is a luggage hold of 3 cub. m. capacity.
   Specification of the Bleriot 165 Transport Aeroplane. Engines, two 420 h.p. Gnome-Rhone Jupiter; span, 23-00 m.; length, 15-00 m.; height, 4-50 m.; wing area, 119 sq. m.; weight, empty, 3,100 kg.; fuel load, 750 kg.; useful load, 1,600 kg.; weight, loaded, 5,450 kg.; maximum speed sea level, 180 km.p.h.


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   Of the new Bleriot 165 commercial aeroplane with two Jupiter engines, only the fuselage was exhibited. The cabin is planned on normal lines, and the most impressive feature of the machine is perhaps the very elaborate ventilating and heating arrangement, the mechanism of which was exposed under the floor of the fuselage, and to which special attention was called by placards on the stand.