Blériot 67

The Blériot 67 was a First World War French heavy bomber designed and built by Blériot for a 1916 competition Concours des Avions Puissants.[1] Only a single prototype was built.[1]

Blériot 67
Role Day bomber
National origin France
Manufacturer Blériot
First flight 18 September 1916
Number built 1

The Blériot 67 was a large equal-span biplane with a fuselage braced between the two wings, the four 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome 9B rotary engines were mounted as close to the centreline as possible, two on the upper wing leading edge and two on the lower wing.[1] It had a biplane tail with three fins and a fixed conventional landing gear with twin-wheel main units.[1] It was first flown on 18 September 1916 but crashed on landing and was destroyed.

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 3
  • Length: 11.80 m (38 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 19.60 m (64 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 89.00 m2 (958.0 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
  • Gross weight: 3,500 kg (7,716 lb)
  • Powerplant: 4 × Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2 9-cyl. air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp) each
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propellers

Performance

References
Notes
  1. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 699.
  2. "Blériot 67". Retrieved 21 April 2012.

Bibliography
  • Cony, Christophe & Laureau, Patrick (September 1999). "Un Blériot oublié: le bombardier LXVII de 1916" [A Forgotten Blériot: The Model 67 Bomber of 1916] (in French) (78): 54–57. ISSN 1243-8650. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Davilla, Dr. James J. & Soltan, Arthur M. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. ISBN 1-891268-09-0.
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