Breguet 1100
| Breguet 1100 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Single-seat light tactical fighter and ground-attack aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Breguet Aviation |
| First flight | 31 March 1957 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Breguet 1100 was a twin-engine French light fighter also suitable for ground-attack and built for the French armed forces. First flown in 1957, only one was completed as budget cuts led to cancellation of the programme.
Design and development
The single-engine Breguet 1001 Taon was designed and built for a NATO fast ground-attack fighter competition. The Breguet 1100 was a development designed instead to a French Ministère de l'Air (English: Air Ministry) specification, which called for two engines and a pressurised cockpit in an aircraft performing a similar role.[1] The 1100 flew before the Taon, as the latter was delayed to incorporate the new area rule late in its construction.[2]
The Breguet 1100 was built entirely from bonded alloy and included many honeycomb structures.[1] Its swept wing was about 15% greater in span and 35% greater in area than that of the Taon, though it was intended that production Taons would share the 1100's wing.[2] The 1100 had broad chord, short-span ailerons and narrow, long-span flaps with spoilers in front of them.[1] The two types had similar side air intakes but the 1100's twin mid-fuselage engines and jet pipes meant that the fuselage was broader and lacked any area rule waisting, as well as being rather longer. They also shared similar swept, straight-edged tail surfaces, cockpits in the nose with narrow fairings running over the length of the upper fuselage and tricycle landing gear.[2]
Sixteen different armament packages were available, including four 13 mm (0.5 in) Browning machine guns, two 30 mm (1.2 in) DEFA cannon, 35 Matra unguided rockets or a pack of fifteen 68 mm (2.7 in) SNEB 22 rockets.[1][2]
The 1100 first flew on 31 March 1957, exceeding Mach 1. This first prototype was the only one to fly as the second was abandoned when 80% complete and an ordered third prototype, a navalized version designated 1100M, was not begun.[2] Before mid-1959 the Breguet 1100 programme had been cancelled due to government spending cuts.[3]
Variants
- Breguet 1100
- First two prototypes, second unfinished.
- Breguet 1100M
- Navalized third prototype: not built.
Specifications (1100)
Data from The Complete Book of Fighters[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 12.52 m (41 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 7.83 m (25 ft 8 in)
- Height: 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 19.52 m2 (210.1 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 3,793 kg (8,362 lb) equipped
- Gross weight: 6,545 kg (14,429 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Turbomeca Gabizo Axial flow turbojet, 11.87 kN (2,668 lbf) thrust each dry, 14.71 kN (3,307 lbf) with afterburner
Performance
- Maximum speed: 1,128 km/h (701 mph; 609 kn) at sea level
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.92
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bridgman, Leonard (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1957-58. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 140.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. Godalming, UK: Salamander Books. p. 89. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
- ↑ "The French industry". Flight. Vol. 75 no. 2629. 12 June 1959. p. 795.