Blériot-SPAD S.42

S.42
Role	biplane trainer
National origin	France
Manufacturer	SPAD
Designer	Louis Béchéreau
First flight	6 August 1921
Primary user	Aéronautique Militaire
Number built	10

The SPAD S.42 was a French biplane trainer aircraft of the early 1920s, developed by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) from prolific SPAD S.XIII fighter.

One of the S.42s at Doshan Tappeh airfield, near Tehran, in Iran

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 6.77 m (22 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 8.65 m (28 ft 5 in)
• Height: 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 22.12 m² (238.1 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 685 kg (1,510 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,056 kg (2,328 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
• Range: 450 km (280 mi, 240 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

Bibliography

• Andersson, Lennart (July 1998). "Histoire de l'aéronautique persane, 1921–1941: La première aviation du Chah d'Iran" [History of the Persian Air Force, 1921–1941: The First Aircraft of the Shah of Iran]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (76): 2–12. ISSN 1243-8650.