The Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 was a French airliner which entered service in 1920.Taylor 1989, 698The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 2600 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.Flight, 8 January 1920, p. 37. Retrieved 5 April 2012. Seven examples were operated by Compagnie générale transaérienne on its Paris–London route on twice-daily return services.Hartmann 2006, 21
Following the loss of one of these machinesF-CGTY 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 However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.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,Flight, 22 December 1921, p. 841. Retrieved 5 April 2012. 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
Specifications (NiD 30T1)
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