Bloch MB.220

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name = M.B.220
type = Airliner
manufacturer = Société des Avions Marcel Bloch


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first flight = 1935
introduced = 1938
retired = 1950
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primary user = Air France
more users = French Air Force
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number built = 17
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The Bloch M.B.220 was a French twin-engined passenger transport airplane built by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch during the 1930s.

Design and development

The French equivalent of the Douglas DC-2, the M.B.220 was an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane. It was powered by two Gnome-Rhône radial engines and had a retractable landing gear. Normal crew was four with room for 16 passengers, with eight seats each side of a central aisle. The prototype first flew in December 1935, and was followed by 16 production aircraft. At least five examples survived the war and were modified as the M.B.221 with Wright Cyclone R-1820-97 engines.

ervice

By the middle of 1938 the type was being utlised by Air France on European routes. The first service of the type (between Paris and London) was flown on 27 March, 1938 with a scheduled time of 1 hour 15 minutes. During the Second World War most M.B.220s were taken over as military transports, including service with German, Free French and Vichy French air forces. Air France continued to fly the aircraft (as M.B.221s) after the war on short-range European routes. It sold four aircraft in 1949 but within a year all had been withdrawn from service.

Variants

;M.B.220:One Prototype and 16 production aircraft with Gnome et Rhône engines.;M.B.221:At lease 5 survivors re-engined with the Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone.

Operators

;FRA
*Air France
*Free French Air Force
*Vichy Franch Air Force
*Societé Auxiliaire de Navigation Aérienne

pecifications (M.B.220)

aircraft specification

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crew=4
length main= 63 ft 1¾ in
length alt= 19.25 m
span main= 74 ft 10½ in
span alt= 22.82 m
height main=
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area main= 807.32 ft²
area alt= 75 m²
empty weight main= 15,007 lb
empty weight alt= 6807 kg
loaded weight main=
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max takeoff weight main= 20,944 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 9500 kg
engine (prop)=Gnome-Rhône 14N-16/7
type of prop= radial piston
number of props=2
power main= 985 hp
power alt= 735 kw
max speed main= 205 mph
max speed alt= 330 km/h
range main= 870 miles
range alt= 1400 km
ceiling main= 22,965 ft
ceiling alt= 7000 m
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=

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