Blériot SPAD S.510
Description
Role	Day fighter
Crew	1
First flight
Entered service
Manufacturer
Dimensions
Length	24 ft 6 in	7.46 m
Wingspan	29 ft 0 in	8.84 m
Height	12 ft 2 in	3.72 m
Wing area	237 ft²	22.0 m²
Weights
Empty	2,750 lb	1,250 kg
Loaded	lb	kg
Maximum takeoff	4,030 lb	1,830 kg
Capacity
Powerplant
Engines	Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs
Power	690 hp	520 kW
Performance
Maximum speed	230 knots	425 km/h
Combat range	540 statute miles	875 km
Ferry range	miles	km
Service ceiling	34,500 ft	10,500 m
Rate of climb	ft/min	m/min
Avionics
Avionics
Armament
Guns	4 x 7.5 mm machine guns
Bombs
Missiles
Rockets
Other

The Blériot SPAD S.510 was the last French bi-plane fighter to be produced. Conceived in 1930, this clean, open-cockpit biplane first flew in 1933 and entered service in 1936. Performance was similar to the British Gloster Gladiator and Hawker Fury but armament was twice as heavy. Largely overshadowed by the faster Dewoitine D.510 monoplane, an order of 60 planes was secured in August of 1935 when French ace pilot Louis Massot demonstrated the S.510 to excellent effect showing its superior maneuverability and rate of climb. Bleriot SPAD S.510 The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... The Gloster Gladiator was a biplane fighter, used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, during World War II. The aircraft had a top speed of around 414 km/h. ... For the 1940s-era radial-engine Hawker Fury, see Hawker Sea Fury. ... The Dewoitine D.510 was the latest of the D.500 series of all-metal open cockpit fixed-undercarriage monoplane fighters used by the Armée de lAir in the 1930s. ...

Despite its strengths, the S.510 only enjoyed about a year of utility. A decent fighter for 1936, it was quickly overshadowed by the new, modern monoplanes developed by Germany, England, and France. It had fixed landing gear as well as a weak fuel system and undercarriage.

Model History

S.510 Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs, 4 x 7.5 mm MAC 1934 MGs (60 built)

The S.510 saw service with the Armée de l'Air (60), and possibly the Spanish "Escuadrilla Internacional" (15-27?) Aircraft of the French Armée de lAir during the Battle of France in 1940. ...

Total production (including prototypes): 61

Active Service

The S.510 entered service in early 1936. Twenty seven examples were reported delivered to the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish civil war (sometimes the number is 15), but there is no evidence that they were never actually sent. Upon the outbreak of World War 2, the S.510 served in reserve squadrons only. By the Battle of France, all S.510s had been relegated to North African units. Alternative meaning: Spanish Civil War, 1820-1823 A republican soldier seeks cover on the Plaza de Toros in Teruel, east of Madrid. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... In World War II, Battle of France or Case Yellow (Fall Gelb in German) was the France and the Low Countries, executed 10 May 1940 which ended the Phony War. ...

Specifications (variant described)

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