Blanchard Brd.1

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name=Brd.1


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type=Reconnaissance flying boat
manufacturer=Blanchard
designer=
first flight=1922
introduced=1923
retired=1926
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primary user=Aéronautique Maritime
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produced=
number built=24
variants with their own articles=The Blanchard Brd.1 was a French reconnaissance flying boat used by the French navy in the 1920s. It was a large biplane with two engines mounted in the gap between the wings, each engine driving a pusher propeller. In 1924, one Brd.1 was used to set several world altitude records for seaplanes.

Operators

;FRA
*French Navy

Units using this aircraft

Aéronautique Maritime
* "Escadrille" 5R1

pecifications

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met or eng?= met

crew=three, pilot, navigator, and gunner
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length m=13.85
length ft=45
length in=5
span m=19.00
span ft=62
span in=4
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height m=5.00
height ft=16
height in=5
wing area sqm=85.0
wing area sqft=914
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empty weight kg=2,465
empty weight lb=5,434
gross weight kg=3,930
gross weight lb=8,664

eng1 number=2
eng1 type=Hispano-Suiza 8Fe
eng1 kw= 205
eng1 hp= 275
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max speed kmh=170
max speed mph=106
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ceiling m=3,500
ceiling ft=11,480
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armament1=1 × 7.7 mm machine gun in flexible mount in bow
armament2=1 × 7.7 mm machine gun in flexible mount in rear fuselage
armament3=290 kg (640 lb) of bombs
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References

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* [http://www.aviafrance.com/2108.htm aviafrance.com]

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