Nieuport-Delage NiD 30

NiD 30
NiD 30 T2
Role Airliner
National origin France
Manufacturer Nieuport-Delage
First flight 1919
Primary user Compagnie générale transaérienne
Number built 8

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 was a French airliner which entered service in 1920.[1][2] 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.[3] Seven examples were operated by Compagnie générale transaérienne on its Paris–London route on twice-daily return services.[2][4]

Following the loss of one of these machines[5] in thick fog over the Channel on 27 April 1920, the remaining NiD-30s were fitted with an early audible guidance system.[2] However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.[4]

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,[6] but this was not produced.[2][4]

  1. ^ Taylor 1989, 698
  2. ^ a b c d The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 2600
  3. ^ Flight, 8 January 1920, p. 37. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Hartmann 2006, 21
  5. ^ F-CGTY
  6. ^ Flight, 22 December 1921, p. 841. Retrieved 5 April 2012.