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Nieuport-Delage NiD 30

French small passenger biplane

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ1989390 ↗
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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 However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.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.comGeneral 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 m2 (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

References

Hartmann, Gérard (2006). "Les avions Nieuport-Delage" (PDF). La Coupe Schneider et hydravions anciens/Dossiers historiques hydravions et moteurs.

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