Breguet 26T

26T

Role	Airliner
Manufacturer	Breguet, CASA under licence
First flight	1926
Number built	6

The Breguet 26T was a French single-engine biplane airliner that first flew in 1926.

Development

The 26T was an attempt by the Breguet company to find a civil market for their 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 licensed 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, as used on the Br.19.

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.

Operators

France

French Air Force

Kingdom of Spain & Spanish Republic

Aeronáutica Militar, later in service in the Spanish Republican Air Force.^[1]

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 9Ab (licence-built Bristol Jupiter), 313 kW (420 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 206 km/h (128 mph)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,404 ft)

References

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Notes

↑ Spanish Civil War - Aircraft

Bibliography

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 199.
World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 81.
aviafrance.com

Aircraft produced by Breguet Aviation

Early types	Aerhydroplane Gyroplane Type I Type II Type III Type IV (1910) Type IV (1914) Type V Type A Type G Type U Type LE

Model numbers	4 5 6 12 14 16 17 19 20 22 230 26T 27 270 271 273 274 280T 390T 392T 393T 410 460 462 470 482 500 521 522 530 610 670 690 691 693 694 695 696 730 731 790 791 792 890 891 892 893 894 895 900 901 902 904 905 906 940 941 960 1001 1002 1004 1100 1050 1150

By name	Alizé Atlantic Atlantique 2 Bellatrix Bizerte BLC BUC BUM Choucas Colmar de Chasse Deux-Ponts Épaulard Fauvette Fulgur Integral Jaguar Leviathan Louisette Mars Mercure Michelin Mouette Nautilus Nymphale Provence Sahara Saigon Taon Universale Vultur (carrier attack aircraft) Vulture (medium bomber)

Helicopters	Gyroplane Gyroplane Laboratoire Breguet G.11E Breguet G.111

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