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135
Role Airliner
Manufacturer Blériot
First flight 19 July 1924
Primary user Air Union
Number built 1, plus one conversion

The Blériot 135 (or Bl-135) was a French airliner of the 1920s, a development of the Blériot 115 with more powerful, radial engines. One of the two built was a converted 115, the other new. Both served with Air Union on their Paris–London route from mid-1924.

Variants

Bleriot 135
Four-engined airliner.
Bleriot 136
Projected five-seat day-bomber version. Not built.

Operators

France

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two pilots and one radio operator
  • Capacity: 8 passengers

Performance

References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 162.
  • Barfoot, John. "R.E.8 Pilot: Lieutenant William Lefevre Oxley Parker13 Squadron, RFC." The '14–'18 Journal 2006. Sydney: The Australian Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 14.
  • aviafrance.com