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135
Front view
General information
Type	Airliner
Manufacturer	Blériot
Primary user	Air Union
Number built	2, including one conversion
History
Introduction date	1924
First flight	19 July 1924
Developed from	Blériot 115
Developed into	Blériot 155

The Blériot 135 (or Bl-135) was a French airliner of the 1920s, a development of the Blériot 115 with more powerful, radial engines. One of the two built was a converted 115, the other new. Both served with Air Union on their Paris–London route from mid-1924.

Variants

Bleriot 135

Four-engined airliner.

Bleriot 136

Projected five-seat day-bomber version. Not built.

Operators

France

• Air Union

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: Two pilots and one radio operator
• Capacity: 8 passengers
• Length: 14.45 m (47 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 25.00 m (82 ft 0 in)
• Height: 4.96 m (16 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 126.0 m (1,356 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 3,218 kg (7,094 lb)
• Gross weight: 5,300 kg (11,684 lb)
• Powerplant: 4 × Salmson 9Ab , 172 kW (230 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 190 km/h (118 mph, 103 kn)
• Range: 570 km (355 mi, 308 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,100 m (16,730 ft)

References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 162.
• Barfoot, John. "R.E.8 Pilot: Lieutenant William Lefevre Oxley Parker13 Squadron, RFC." The '14–'18 Journal 2006. Sydney: The Australian Society of World War 1 Aero Historians, 14.
• aviafrance.com

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