Breguet 280T

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The Breguet 280T was a French biplane airliner of the late 1920s, created by the manufacturer as a means of finding a civil market for their Breguet 19 warplane, as it had tried once before with the Breguet 26T.

The 280T was similar to the 26T, using the Breguet 19's flying surfaces combined with a passenger-carrying fuselage that completely filled the interplane gap. The 280 fuselage was based on the 26T's fuselage but featured refined aerodynamics.

Operational history

A single prototype was evaluated in autumn 1928, followed by eight production machines ordered by Air Union. These were flown on routes between Paris and southern France, between Paris and Switzerland, and (occasionally) between Paris and London. They were joined in service by a tenth machine (converted from one of the 281T prototypes), and six 284Ts with more powerful engines (one of these converted from the other 281T). Two of this latter type were also operated by Air Orient on routes to East Asia. Some of Air Union's 280Ts and 284Ts were still in service when the airline was absorbed into Air France.

Variants

;280T
*First main production version with Renault 12Jb engine, 9 built.;281T
*Prototypes with Lorraine-Dietrich 12Ed engines. Two aircraft built, one later converted to 280T, the other to 284T standard.;284T
*Second main production version with Lorraine-Dietrich 12Lbrx engine, 7 built.

Operators

;FRA
*Air Orient operated 2 Breguet 284T aircraft.
*Air Union operated 10 Breguet 280T and 5 Breguet 284T aircraft.
*Air France

pecifications (280T)

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crew=Two pilots
capacity=6 passengers
length m=12.12
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empty weight kg=2,040
empty weight lb=4,497
gross weight kg=3,320
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max speed mph=137
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range km=1,100
range miles=683
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