Nieuport-Delage NiD 30

NiD 30
Role	Airliner
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Nieuport-Delage
First flight	1919
Introduction	Compagnie Générale Transaérienne
Number built	8

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 was a French airliner which entered service in 1920.^[1][2] It was a conventional biplane design with an enclosed cabin that seated four passengers and an open cockpit for the pilot. Provision was also made for a wireless transmitter, receiver, and operator.^[3] Seven examples were operated by Compagnie Générale Transaérienne on its Paris–London route on twice-daily return services.^[2][4]

Following the loss of one of these machines^[5] in thick fog over the Channel on 27 April 1920, the remaining NiD-30s were fitted with an early audible guidance system.^[2] However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.^[4]

A larger, six-passenger variant with sesquiplane wings was developed as the NiD 30T2 and displayed at the 1921 Salon de l'Aéronautique,^[6] but this was not produced when testing revealed problems with the design.^[2][4]

Variants

• NiD 30T1 - four-passenger production version with Sunbeam Matabele engine (7 built)
• NiD 30T2 - six-passenger version with Darracq 12A engine (1 built)

Operators

 France

• Compagnie Générale Transaérienne

Specifications (NiD 30T1)

Data from aviafrance.com

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 4 passengers
• Length: 10.80 m (35 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 13.20 m (43 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.00 m (13 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 65.0 m² (699 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,800 kg (3,960 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,580 kg (5,680 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Sunbeam Matabele, 260 kW (350 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 172 km/h (108 mph)
• Range: 420 km (260 miles)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)

Notes

1. ^ Taylor 1989, 698
2. ^ ^{a b c d} The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 2600
3. ^ "The Paris Aero Show 1919", 38
4. ^ ^{a b c} Hartmann 2006, 21
5. ^ F-CGTY
6. ^ "The Paris Aero Show 1921", 841

References

• Hartmann, Gérard (2006). "Les avions Nieuport-Delage". La Coupe Schneider et hydravions anciens/Dossiers historiques hydravions et moteurs. http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/les_avions_nieuport-delage.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing. 
• "The Paris Aero Show 1919". Flight: 35–46. 8 January 1920. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200037.html. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
• "The Paris Aero Show 1921". Flight: 824–26. 8 January 1920. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200824.html. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
• Parmentier, Bruno. "Nieuport-Delage NiD-30T1". Aviafrance - Un siècle d'aviation française. http://www.aviafrance.com/1878.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. ISBN 0710607105.