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MB.160

Medium Transport Aircraft

Bloch

Bloch MB.160

The four-engine, 12-seater MB.160 passenger aircraft was ordered in 1936 by Régie Air-Afrique for flights between African colonies. The aircraft was developed at the design office of Marcel Blok in Courbevoie * (French Courbevoie), which was part of the SNCASO concern.

Structurally, the airliner was a metal low-wing aircraft with four 12-cylinder liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza 12Xirs engines developing 760 hp. at an altitude of 2000 m. Crew: two pilots, flight engineer, navigator and radio operator.

The first flight of the prototype took place on June 18, 1937. A total of three aircraft were built. Further developments of the aircraft were the MB.161 transport aircraft and the MB.162 bomber.

Bloch MB.160 Specifications
Crew 3
Dimensions
Wing span, m 27.70
Wing area, m² 110.80
Length, m 25.78
Height, m 5.00
Powerplant
4 × PE Hispano-Suiza 12Xirs, V-12, power, hp 4 × 720
Weight, kg:
Empty plane 9,950
Loaded weight 15,440
Performance
Maximum speed, km/h 355
Cruising speed, km/h 296
Service range, km 2,000
Service ceiling, m 6,200
Payload, passengers 12

Aircraft | Amiot | Bloch | Brequet | Caudron | Dewoitine | Farman | Latecoere | Liore et Olivier | Loire-Nieuport | Morane-Saulnier | Potez | Photos & Drawings |

Bloch | MB.152 | MB.160 | MB.162 | MB.174 | MB.200 | MB.210 |


Photo Description

Drawing Bloch MB.160

Bloch MB.160 в трех проекциях

Bibliography

  • Aviation in World War II. Aircraft of France. / Aviation collection 10 /
  • French Aircraft of World War II /Aviafrance./

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July 07, 2019

* in Courbevoie, exactly 105 years ago, was born Louis de Funes, the famous "Commissioner Juve", a French film actor, one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century ...

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