SPCA 30

SPCA 30
SPCA 30 with the original landing gear
Role Bomber monoplane
National origin France
Manufacturer SPCA
First flight 1931
Number built 2


The SPCA 30 was a French light bomber built by the Société Provençale de Constructions Aéronautiques (SPCA).[1] It was powered by two engines.[2]

Development and design

This aircraft was an all-metal twin boom low wing monoplane built by SPCA in order to meet the requirements of the Technical Aeronautic Service ( Service Technique de L'Aéronautique ) of the French government towards the end of the 1920s for a bomber and reconnaissance plane type designated as Multiplace de Combat.[3]

Two units of the SPCA 30 were built, registration F-AKCA and F-AKCB. The first one was fitted with two Lorraine-Dietrich 18 Kd water-cooled W engines engines and the second one with two Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engines, both giving about 485 kW (650 hp). The original bulky landing gear was later replaced by a lighter one.

Operational history

The SPCA 30 was the only twin boom aircraft that entered the contest, but both prototypes of this plane were ignored in favor of the competing Amiot 143 after evaluation. Other Multiplace de Combat plane prototypes built by other companies at the time such as the Blériot 137 and the Breguet 410 underwent a similar fate as the SPCA 30.[4]

Specifications

Data from [5]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
Related lists

References

  1. ↑ La S.P.C.A.
  2. ↑ Aviafrance S.P.C.A. 30
  3. ↑ William Green, War planes of the Second World War: Volume 7
  4. ↑ SPCA 30
  5. ↑ Parmentier, Bruno. "SPCA30". Aviafrance. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

External links

Aircraft built by SPCA
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