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The Blériot 165 (or Bl-165) was a French airliner of the 1920s. It was a four-engined biplane, a final development in the family of designs that began with the Blériot 115. Two were built for Air Union to replace the Farman Goliath on their Paris–London route and were christened Leonardo da Vinci and Octave Chanute. The airline found that it preferred the Lioré et Olivier LeO 21s that it had ordered alongside this aircraft, meaning that no further examples were produced.

165
Role	Airliner Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Blériot
First flight	27 October 1926
Primary user	Air Union
Number built	2

The second aircraft had originally been fitted with Renault 12Ja inline engines and night-flying equipment and had been designated Blériot 175, but it was soon refitted to the same standard as the first and shared its designation. At one point, plans were made to build a second 175 for Paul Codos to make a long-distance flight from Paris to Tokyo, but this did not eventuate. Similarly, plans to build a bomber version as the Blériot 123 were also abandoned.

Variants

123

Projected three-seat bomber version. Not built.

165

Original design with 2x 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome & Rhône 9Ab engines.[1]

175

Powered by 2x 340 kW (450 hp) Renault 12Ja, fitted with night-flying gear.[2]

Operators

 France

• Air Union

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928,[3] Avafrance:Blériot Bl-165[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 16
• Length: 15.15 m (49 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 23.2 m (76 ft 1 in)
• Height: 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 119.1 m² (1,282 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 3,100 kg (6,834 lb)
• Gross weight: 5,450 kg (12,015 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 750 kg (1,650 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Gnome & Rhône 9Ab 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 310 kW (420 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
• Range: 525 km (326 mi, 283 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 2.2 m/s (430 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 15 minutes
• Wing loading: 45.8 kg/m² (9.4 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.1157 kW/kg (0.0704 hp/lb)

References

Bibliography

• Cortet, Pierre (July 2000). "L'avion de transport public Blériot 165" [The Commercial Transport Blériot 165]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (88): 11–14. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Cortet, Pierre (February 2000). "Rétros du Mois" [Retros of the Month]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (83): 5. ISSN 1243-8650.

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 162.
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.

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[de] Blériot 165

Die Blériot 165 und die Blériot 175 (kurz Bl-165 und Bl-175) waren zweimotorige, als Doppeldecker ausgelegte Verkehrsflugzeuge des französischen Herstellers Blériot Aéronautique aus den 1920er-Jahren. Von den Maschinen wurde jeweils nur ein Exemplar gebaut. Die Bl-175 wurde später in eine Bl-165 umgewandelt. Eine nicht realisierte militärische Variante war die Blériot 123.

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[fr] Blériot 165

Le Blériot 165 était un avion de ligne français des années 1920. C’était un biplan bimoteur, à la voilure en bois, et au fuselage de construction mixte, en bois et métal. Il effectua son premier vol le 27 octobre 1926. Seuls deux exemplaires furent construits, et utilisés par la compagnie aérienne Air Union[1].

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