SABCA S.2

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S.2
SABCA S.2 L'Air May 15,1927.jpg
RoleAirliner
National originBelgium
Manufacturer SABCA
First flight1926;96 years ago (1926)
Introduction1926
Primary user SABENA
Number built1

The SABCA S.2 was an airliner built in Belgium in 1926. [1]

Contents

Design and development

The S.2 was a conventional, high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The flight deck was open, but the passenger cabin was fully enclosed. [2] Power was provided by a single engine in the nose, driving a two-blade propeller, and whose exhaust was collected in a single stack that extended up over the wing. Metal was construction throughout, with corrugated skin. Only a single example was built, which served with SABENA. [1]

Specifications

Data fromJane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. [3]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 Taylor 1989, p.787
  2. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2837
  3. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 4c.

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