Société Anonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet

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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 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 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 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 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


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