Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 explained

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.^[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. However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.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,^[6] 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

• Compagnie générale transaérienne

References

• Web site: Hartmann . Gérard . Les avions Nieuport-Delage . La Coupe Schneider et hydravions anciens/Dossiers historiques hydravions et moteurs . 2006 . 2008-11-07.
• Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . Aerospace Publishing. London .
• Web site: Parmentier . Bruno . Nieuport-Delage NiD-30T1 . Aviafrance - Un siècle d'aviation française . 2008-11-22.
• Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 0-7106-0710-5 .
• Book: Hirschauer . Louis . Dollfus . Charles . L'Année Aéronautique: 1920-1921 . 1921 . Dunod . Paris . 45 .

Notes and References

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