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NiD 30
NiD 30 T2
Role	AirlinerType of aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Nieuport-Delage
First flight	1919
Primary user	Compagnie générale transaérienne
Number built	8

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 was a French airliner which entered service in 1920. 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. Seven examples were operated by Compagnie générale transaérienne on its Paris–London route on twice-daily return services.

Following the loss of one of these machines 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 However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.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, 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

 France

• Compagnie générale transaérienne

Specifications (NiD 30T1)

Data from aviafrance.com

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 4 passengers
• Length: 10.80 m (35 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 13.20 m (43 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.00 m (13 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 65.0 m (699 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,800 kg (3,960 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,580 kg (5,680 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Sunbeam Matabele , 260 kW (350 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 172 km/h (108 mph, 94 kn)
• Range: 420 km (260 mi, 230 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)

See also

• 1919 in aviation

Notes

1. Taylor 1989, 698
2. ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 2600
3. Flight, 8 January 1920, p. 37. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
4. ^ Hartmann 2006, 21
5. F-CGTY
6. Flight, 22 December 1921, p. 841. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

References

• Hartmann, Gérard (2006). "Les avions Nieuport-Delage" (PDF). La Coupe Schneider et hydravions anciens/Dossiers historiques hydravions et moteurs. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
• Parmentier, Bruno. "Nieuport-Delage NiD-30T1". Aviafrance - Un siècle d'aviation française. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. ISBN 0-7106-0710-5.
• Hirschauer, Louis; Dollfus, Charles, eds. (1921). L'Année Aéronautique: 1920-1921. Paris: Dunod. p. 45.

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