Blériot 195

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.

Design and development

The Blériot 195 was a large low-wing cantilever monoplane designed for use on mail flights across the North Atlantic. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. It did not gain a certificate of airworthiness as a cargo carrier and was withdrawn from use.

Variants

195/2

Mail-carrier landplane with four 250hp Hispano-Suiza 6Mb piston engines.

195/3

The 195/2 modified as a seaplane.

195/4

The 195/3 re-engined with four 230hp Gnome-Rhône 5Kd Titan engines.

195/6

195/4 modified to a landplane.

Specifications (195/2)

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

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related lists

• List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft

References

Notes

Bibliography

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)