11/30/2009. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Powered by four 720 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Xirs twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled V-engines, the all-metal Bloch 160 was first flown by Bloch's Chief Test Pilot André Curvale on June 18, 1937. The twenty-passenger aircraft was built for Air Afrique, in all three were produced. The type was developed into the Sud-Est S.E.161 Languedoc."

Span: 89 ft 10 in (27.38 m)
Length: 84 ft 10 in (25.86 m)
Height: 16 ft 4.9 in (5.00 m)
Wing area: 1,130 sq.ft (105 sq.m)
Weight empty: 20,680 lb (9,380 kg)
Loaded weight: 32,120 lb (14,569 kg)
Max speed: 223 mph (359 kmh) at 9,186 ft (2,800 m)
Service ceiling: 24,600 ft (7,498m)
Range: 1,120 mls (1,802 km)