Breguet Aviation

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The Société des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet also known as Breguet Aviation was a former French aircraft manufacturer.

The company was set up in 1911 by aviation pioneer Louis Charles Breguet. In 1971 it merged with Dassault.

[edit] Aircraft (before merger with Dassault)

• Breguet-Richet Gyroplane (1907) - One-engine one-seat experimental helicopter-like craft. Two constructed

• Breguet Type II (pre-WWI) - One-engine biplane light aircraft with tricycle landing gear

• Breguet Type III (1910) - Larger version of Type II. Three-seat, rotary engine

• Breguet Type R.U1 (1911) - One-engine biplane

• Breguet Aerhydroplane (1913) - One-engine one-seat seaplane. Did not fly

• Breguet Bre.4 (1914) - One-engine two-seat biplane bomber. Pusher configuration

• Breguet Bre.5 (1915) - One-engine two-seat biplane escort fighter. Variant of Bre.4

• Breguet 6 (1915) - Version of Breguet 5 with different engine

• Breguet 12 (1918) - Version of Breguet 5 with 37mm cannon and searchlight (night fighter)

• Breguet 14 (1916) - One-engine two-seat biplane bomber aircraft

• Breguet 16 (1918) - Larger version of Breguet 14. Bomber aircraft

• Breguet 17 (1918) - Smaller version of Breguet 14. Fighter aircraft.

• Breguet 19 (1922) - One-engine two-seat biplane reconnaissance/light bomber/sport aircraft

• Breguet 26T (1926) - One-engine biplane eight-passenger airliner

• Breguet 280T (1928) - Development of 26T with improved fuselage aerodynamics

• License built Short S.8 Calcutta (1928) - Three-engine fifteen-seat biplane transport aircraft

• Breguet 27 (1929) - One-engine two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft

• Breguet 270 (1929) - Development of 27 using steel chassis

• Breguet 393T (1931) - Three-engine biplane airliners

• Breguet 521 (1933) - Development of the S.8 Calcutta. Long-range patrol flying boat

• Breguet 530 Saigon - Civilian version of 521

• Breguet 693 (1938) - Two-engine two-seat monoplane ground attack/fighter aircraft

• Breguet 730 (1938) - Four-engine long-range flying boat. Piston engines

• Breguet Deux-Ponts (1949) - Four-engine double-deck large airliner. Piston engines.

• Breguet Alizé (1956) - One-engine three-seat naval anti-submarine aircraft. Turboprop engine

• Breguet Vultur (1951) - Two-engine two-seat naval anti-submarine aircraft. Jet engine and turboprop engine (mixed power)

• Breguet Taon (1957) - One-engine one-seat jet strike aircraft.

• Breguet 941 (1961) - Four-engine STOL transport aircraft. Turboprop engines

• Breguet Atlantique (1961) - Two-engine naval reconnaissance aircraft. Turboprop engines

[edit] External links

• http://www.dassault-aviation.fr/
• Association of the Friends of Breguet Aviation

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