Nieuport-Delage NiD 30

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NiD 30
Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 L'Aeronautique December,1922.jpg
NiD 30 T2
RoleAirliner
National originFrance
Manufacturer Nieuport-Delage
First flight1919
Primary user Compagnie générale transaérienne
Number built8

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 was a French airliner which entered service in 1920. [1] [2] 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. [3] Seven examples were operated by Compagnie générale transaérienne on its ParisLondon route on twice-daily return services. [2] [4]

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Following the loss of one of these machines [5] in thick fog over the Channel on 27 April 1920, the remaining NiD-30s were fitted with an early audible guidance system. [2] However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921. [4]

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 , [6] but this was not produced. [2] [4]

Variants

Operators

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Specifications (NiD 30T1)

Nieuport Delage NiD 30T2 3-view drawing from Les Ailes June 23, 1921 Nieuport Delage NiD.30 3-view Les Ailes June 23, 1921.png
Nieuport Delage NiD 30T2 3-view drawing from Les Ailes June 23, 1921

Data from aviafrance.com

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Notes

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

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