Blériot-SPAD S.34

__NOTOC__ Infobox Aircraft
name=S.34


caption=
type=Trainer aircraft
manufacturer=Blériot
designer=André Herbémont
first flight=16 July 1920
introduced=1920
retired=1936
status=
primary user=French Air Force
more users=Finnish Air Force
produced=
number built=150
unit cost=
developed from=
variants with their own articles=The Blériot-SPAD S.34 was a French twin-seat, single-engine biplane aircraft designed in 1920. The side-by-side seating arrangement was unique for its time. 150 aircraft were built, 125 for the French Air Force, who used them until 1936.

The Finnish Air Force purchased two S.34s in 1921. Due to inadequate maintenance they did not last long and were withdrawn from service by 1925.

Variants

; Bleriot-SPAD S.34-1: First Bleriot-SPAD S.34 prototype.; Bleriot-SPAD S.34-2: Second Bleriot-SPAD S.34 prototype.; Bleriot-SPAD S.34-3: Third Bleriot-SPAD S.34 prototype.; Bleriot-SPAD S.34: Two-seat primary trainer biplane. ; Bleriot-SPAD S.34 bis : Improved variant, powered by a 130-hp (97-kW) Clerget rotary piston engine. Three were built for the Aéronavale.

Operators

; flag|France
* Aéronautique Militaire - (119 aircraft)
* Aéronavale - (6 S.34-"bis" aircraft)
* Blériot flying school - (16 aircraft); flag|Argentina
* (6 aircraft); flag|Finland
* Finnish Air Force - (2 aircraft); flag|Bolivia
* (1 aircraft)

pecifications (S.34)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27

crew=2
capacity=
length main=6.5 m
length alt= 21 ft 4 in
span main=8.2 m
span alt= 26 ft 11 in
height main=2.3 m
height alt= 7 ft 7 in
area main= m²
area alt= ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= kg
empty weight alt= lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main=700 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 1540 lb
more general=

engine (prop)=Le Rhone C
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main= 60 kW
power alt=80 hp
power original=

max speed main=130 km/h
max speed alt= 70 knots, 81 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main=4,000 m
ceiling alt= 13100 ft
climb rate main= m/min
climb rate alt=
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=W/kg
power/mass alt=hp/lb
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armament=

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References

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* Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti and Stenman, Kari: "Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27", 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.
* Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus: "Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939", Tietoteos, 1976.

ee also

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similar aircraft=

sequence=
S.31 -
S.32 -
S.33 -S.34 -
S.36 -
S.37 -
S.38

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