Breguet 26T
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| 26T | |
|---|---|
| Type | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Breguet, CASA under licence |
| Maiden flight | 1926 |
| Number built | 6 |
The Breguet 26T was a French single-engine biplane airliner that first flew in 1926.
[edit] Development
The 26T was an attempt by the Breguet company to find a civil market for their Breguet 19 warplane by mating its wings, tail surfaces and undercarriage to an entirely new fuselage design and new engine. The resulting aircraft could carry six passengers within an enclosed cabin, while the pilots sat in an open cockpit ahead of the upper wing. The engine originally chosen was a French-built licenced copy of the Bristol Jupiter radial, but on one of the two Breguet-built civil examples, this was later changed back to the Lorraine 12Ed inline engine, as used on the type's Breguet 19 predecessor.
These two aircraft served as predecessors for the definitive civil version of this family, the Breguet 280T, while CASA purchased a licence to build another two in Spain for the domestic market, and France's Aviation Militaire purchased two more as air ambulances under the designation Bre.26TSbis.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (26T)
General characteristics
- Crew: Two pilots
- Capacity: 6 passengers
- Length: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 50.5 m² (543 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,412 kg (3,113 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,055 kg (6,735 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-et-Rhône licence-built Bristol Jupiter 9Ab, 313 kW (420 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 206 km/h (128 mph)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 199.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 890 Sheet 81.
- aviafrance.com
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