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The Bleriot-SPAD S.32 was a record-breaking aircraft built by
SPAD in the early 1920s.
Design
The S.32 was a
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
with a monocoque fuselage of wood and canvas construction. Its engine was equipped with a device to vary the
compression ratio
The compression ratio is the ratio between the maximum and minimum volume during the compression stage of the power cycle in a piston or Wankel engine.
A fundamental specification for such engines, it can be measured in two different ways. Th ...
to reduce the power loss caused by altitude.
Specifications
See also
References
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1920s French aircraft
SPAD aircraft
Biplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1921