Blériot 5190

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name=5190


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type=Mailplane
manufacturer=Blériot Aéronautique
designer=Filippo Zappata
first flight=3 August 1933
introduced=1935
retired=1937
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primary user=Aéropostale
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number built=1, plus 3 under construction
variants with their own articles=The Blériot 5190 was a French transatlantic mailplane of the 1930s, a large parasol-wing monoplane flying boat. It was of slightly unusual design, with a low-profile hull and the crew compartment housed in the thick pylon that supported the wing. The four engines were arranged with three along the leading edge of the wing, and the fourth on the centreline of the trailing edge. It was constructed for a French government contract to carry airmail to South America.

The first example, christened "Santos-Dumont" flew on 3 August 1933 and by the end of 1934 had completed two proving flights across the Atlantic Ocean. In February 1935 with Aéropostale's only other transatlantic mailplane, the Latécoère 300 "la Croix du Sud", out of commission for maintenance, the "Santos-Dumont" entered service. From then until April, she carried all of France's transatlantic mail at the rate of one crossing per week until rejoined by "la Croix du Sud" and a new Farman 220 named "Le Centaure". As part of this small fleet, the "Santos-Dumont" continued in this role until June 1937. Altogether, by that time, she had made 38 crossings of the Atlantic.

In the meantime, the French government had ordered a further three 5190s from Blériot, and the company had borrowed heavily in order to build the aircraft. Suddenly, the contract was cancelled without explanation or compensation, forcing the firm into bankruptcy. Louis Blériot himself died of a heart attack soon afterwards, on 1 August 1936.

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crew=Four
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length m=43.00
length ft=141
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span m=26.00
span ft=85
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height m=6.90
height ft=22
height in=8
wing area sqm=236.0
wing area sqft=2,539
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empty weight kg=12,750
empty weight lb=28,109
gross weight kg=22,000
gross weight lb=48,500

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eng1 hp= 650
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max speed kmh=210
max speed mph=131
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range km=5,000
range miles=3,100
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ceiling m=5,100
ceiling ft=16,730
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References

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* [http://www.aviafrance.com/1677.htm aviafrance.com]