Nieuport-Delage NiD 30
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The Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 was a French airliner which entered service in 1920.Taylor 1989, 698The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 2600 It was a reverse-stagger biplane design with an enclosed cabin that seated four passengers and an open cockpit for the pilot. Provision was also made for a wireless transmitter, receiver, and operator.Flight, [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200039.html 8 January 1920, p. 37]. Retrieved 5 April 2012. Seven examples were operated by Compagnie générale transaérienne on its Paris–London route on twice-daily return services.Hartmann 2006, 21
Following the loss of one of these machinesF-CGTY in thick fog over the Channel on 27 April 1920, the remaining NiD-30s were fitted with an early audible guidance system. However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.
A larger, six-passenger variant with longer overhung top wings was developed as the NiD 30T2 and displayed at the 1921 Salon de l'Aéronautique,Flight, [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200841.html 22 December 1921, p. 841]. Retrieved 5 April 2012. but this was not produced.
Variants
- NiD 30T1 - four-passenger production version with Sunbeam Matabele engine (7 built)
- NiD 30T2 - six-passenger version with Darracq 12A engine (1 built)
Operators
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Specifications (NiD 30T1)
File:Nieuport_Delage_NiD.30_3-view_Les_Ailes_June_23,_1921.png
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|ref=aviafrance.com
|prime units? = met
|crew=One pilot
|capacity=4 passengers
|length m=10.80
|length ft=35
|length in=2
|span m=13.20
|span ft=43
|span in=3
|height m=4.00
|height ft=13
|height in=2
|wing area sqm=65.0
|wing area sqft=699
|empty weight kg=1,800
|empty weight lb=3,960
|gross weight kg=2,580
|gross weight lb=5,680
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Sunbeam Matabele
|eng1 kw=260
|eng1 hp=350
|max speed kmh=172
|max speed mph=108
|range km=420
|range miles=260
|ceiling m=4,000
|ceiling ft=13,000
}}
See also
Notes
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References
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- {{cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Gérard |title=Les avions Nieuport-Delage |work=La Coupe Schneider et hydravions anciens/Dossiers historiques hydravions et moteurs |year=2006 |url=http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/les_avions_nieuport-delage.pdf |access-date=2008-11-07}}
- {{cite book |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft |publisher=Aerospace Publishing|location=London }}
- {{cite web |last=Parmentier |first=Bruno |title=Nieuport-Delage NiD-30T1 |work=Aviafrance - Un siècle d'aviation française |url=http://www.aviafrance.com/1878.htm |access-date=2008-11-22}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |isbn= 0-7106-0710-5 }}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Hirschauer |editor1-first=Louis |editor2-last=Dollfus |editor2-first=Charles |title=L'Année Aéronautique: 1920-1921 |date=1921 |publisher=Dunod |location=Paris |page=45 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9605276n/f59.item}}
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