Engineering:Blériot-SPAD S.540

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Short description: 1930s French trainer aircraft
S.540
Role monoplane trainer
National origin France
Manufacturer SPAD
First flight 4 October 1930
Number built 2

The Bleriot-SPAD S.540 was a trainer monoplane aircraft built by SPAD in the early 1930s.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.08 m (23 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 19 m2 (200 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 630 kg (1,389 lb)
  • Gross weight: 862 kg (1,900 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 9AC 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 89 kW (120 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)

References