Blériot 135

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name=135


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type=Airliner
manufacturer=Blériot
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first flight=19 July 1924
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primary user=Air Union
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number built=1, plus one conversion
variants with their own articles=The Blériot 135 (or Bl-135) was a French airliner of the 1920s, a development of the Blériot 115 with more powerful, radial engines. One of the two built was actually converted from a 115, while the other was built new. Both saw service with Air Union on their Paris-London route from mid-1924.

One of the two aircraft was involved in a fatal crash on 2 October 1926. En route from Paris to Croydon, the aircraft's port engines caught fire. The pilot attempted an emergency landing at Penshurst, but lost control of the aircraft while still at 150 metres (500 ft). Both crewmembers and five passengers aboard were killed.

Variants

;Bleriot 135:Four-engined airliner.;Bleriot 136:Projected five-seat day-bomber version. Not built.

Operators

;FRA
*Air Union

pecifications

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crew=Two pilots and one radio operator
capacity=8 passengers
length m=14.45
length ft=47
length in=5
span m=25.00
span ft=82
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height m=4.96
height ft=16
height in=3
wing area sqm=126.0
wing area sqft=1,356
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empty weight kg=3,218
empty weight lb=7,094
gross weight kg=5,300
gross weight lb=11,684

eng1 number=4
eng1 type=Salmson 9Ab
eng1 kw= 172
eng1 hp= 230
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max speed kmh=190
max speed mph=118
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range km=570
range miles=355
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ceiling m=5,100
ceiling ft=16,730
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References

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* Barfoot, John. "R.E.8 Pilot: Lieutenant William Lefevre Oxley Parker13 Squadron, RFC." "The '14-'18 Journal 2006". Sydney: The Australian Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 14.
* [http://www.aviafrance.com/1672.htm aviafrance.com]

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