Blanchard Brd.1

Brd.1
Role Reconnaissance flying boat
Manufacturer Blanchard
First flight 1922
Introduction 1923
Retired 1926
Primary user Aéronautique Maritime
Number built 24

The Blanchard Brd.1 was a French reconnaissance flying boat, to the 1923 STAé HB.3 specification, used by the French navy in the 1920s. It was a large biplane with two engines mounted in the gap between the wings, each engine driving a pusher propeller. In 1924, one Brd.1 was used to set several world altitude records for seaplanes.

Operators

 France

Units using this aircraft

Aéronautique Maritime

  • Escadrille 5R1

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924[1], Aviafrance:Blanchard Brd-1[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 3/4
  • Length: 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 19.2 m (63 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 85 m2 (910 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
  • Gross weight: 3,765 kg (8,300 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fe V-8 water-cooled piston engines, 190 kW (260 hp) each
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propellers

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph; 94 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 30 minutes
  • Wing loading: 43 kg/m2 (8.8 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 0.1034 kW/kg (0.0629 hp/lb)

Armament

  • 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine-gun on flexible mount in bow
  • 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine-gun in flexible mount in rear fuselage
  • 290 kg (640 lb) of bombs

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ↑ Grey, C.G., ed. (1924). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 93b–94b.
  2. ↑ Parmentier, Bruno (22 February 1998). "Blanchard Brd-1, Hydravion de reconnaissance par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

Further reading

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 161.
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