Breguet Type IV

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Type IV
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Breguet and around 10 passengers above the airport of Douai in March 1911
General information
Manufacturer Breguet
Designer
History
First flight 1911

The Breguet Type IV refers to a series of tractor-configuration biplanes built by Breguet Aviation between 1911 and 1913. These were the first Breguet aircraft to be produced in quantity and were used by the French Army and the British Royal Flying Corps. This type is notable for its extensive use of metal, which was unusual for an aircraft of its era.

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Design and development

The Breguet Type IV was developed from the Breguet Type III which had appeared during 1910. It was a tractor biplane with a tricycle undercarriage.

Variants and nomenclature

View of R.U.1, clearly showing construction of the aircraft Breguet R.U1 CNAM-IMG 0623.jpg
View of R.U.1, clearly showing construction of the aircraft

The Breguet Type IV was produced in a number of variants, differing in their seating arrangement and in the engine fitted. Although Bréguet's earlier aircraft were referred to using a type number, the aircraft produced after the Type III were generally referred to using an airframe number and a letter/number combination denoting the type of engine fitted. [1]

Pre 1914 designations: [2]

Survivors

Breguet U.1 at the Musee des Arts et Metiers Avion biplan Breguet 1911.jpg
Breguet U.1 at the Musée des Arts et Métiers

An example, a U.1, is on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.

Specifications (L-1 Cruiser)

Data fromFlight, 22 July 1911, p. 625 [3]

General characteristics

Notes

  1. ↑ Opdycke 1999 p.74
  2. ↑ Bell, Dana (2002). The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum directory of airplanes : their designers and manufacturers. United States: Greenhill. p. 59. ISBN   1-85367-490-7.
  3. ↑ The Breguet L-1 Cruiser Flight Vol 3 Issue 29 July 1911

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