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Blériot 195
Role Long-range mail plane
National origin France
Manufacturer Blériot Aéronautique
First flight 9 March 1929
Number built 1

The Blériot 195 was a French monoplane mail-carrier designed and built by Blériot Aéronautique, the one aircraft built was modified a number of times but failed to enter production.[1]

Design and development

The Blériot 195 was a large low-wing cantilever monoplane designed for use on mail flights across the North Atlantic.[1] It was powered by four 100 hp (75 kW) Hispano-Suiza 6Mb inline piston engines, which were mounted in tandem pairs above the wing on a complex of struts.[1] Designated the 195/2 landplane, it first flew on 9 March 1929. By the end of 1929, it had been re-designated the 195/3 and test flown with twin floats.[1] It was re-designated again as the 195/4 in early 1930, when it was fitted with 230 hp (172 kW) Gnome-Rhone Titan engines.[1] It was put forward to meet a requirement for a seaplane to operate a mail service between Marseilles and Algiers, but in the end none of the designs submitted were accepted and the 195 was placed into storage.[1]

In April 1931 it was brought out of storage and modified to be a landplane and designated the 195/6; it was then tested by Air Union as a cargo aircraft.[1] It did not gain a certificate of airworthiness as a cargo carrier and was withdrawn from use.[1]

Variants

195/2
Mail-carrier landplane with four 250hp Hispano-Suiza 6Mb piston engines.[1]
195/3
The 195/2 modified as a seaplane.[1]
195/4
The 195/3 re-engined with four 230hp Gnome-Rhône 5Kd Titan engines.[1]
195/6
195/4 modified to a landplane.[1]

Specifications (195/2)

Blériot 195 3-view drawing from L'Aéronautique April,1929

Data from [1]The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related lists

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Orbis 1985, p. 714
Bibliography
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)