Nieuport-Delage NiD 30

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

Following the loss of one of these machines 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 However, after a number of further accidents, these were withdrawn from service in February 1921.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, 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
 * Compagnie générale transaérienne