Blériot 125
The Blériot 125 (or Bl-125) was a highly unusual French airliner of the early 1930s. Displayed at the 1930 Salon de l'Aéronautique in Paris, it featured accommodation for twelve passengers in separate twin fuselages. Between them, these pods shared a tailplane and a high wing. The centre section of wing joined the fuselage pods and also carried a nacelle that contained an engine at either end and the crew compartment in the middle. When flown the following year, it displayed very poor flight characteristics and although attempts to improve it continued on into 1933, certification could not be achieved and the sole prototype was scrapped the following year.
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- Manufacturer
- Blériot
- Category
- Airliners
- First flight
- 1931-03-09
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 119 kt
- Max speed
- 119 kt
- Range
- 540 nm
- Max takeoff weight
- 16,006 lb
- Empty weight
- 9,789 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Hispano-Suiza 12Hbr
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 12
- Length
- 45.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 96.4 ft
- Height
- 13.1 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.