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Air France Br.763 Deux Ponts | |
Role | Airliner and freighter |
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Manufacturer | Bréguet Aviation |
First flight | 15 February 1949 |
Introduction | 10 March 1953 |
Retired | 31 March 1971 |
Primary users | Air France French Air Force |
Number built | 20 |
The Bréguet 761/763/765 are a family of 1940s and 1950s French double-deck transport aircraft produced by Bréguet Aviation. The aircraft were normally called the Deux-Ponts (Double-Decker) but it was not an official name..
Bréguet began design work on the Bréguet 761 double-deck airliner even before the end of the Second World War, in 1944. It was decided that a medium-range airliner with seating for over 100 passengers would be built. The design envisaged using readily available engines with the aim of ease of manufacture and an early first-flight date. The design was known as Project 76-1. The aircraft was destined not to be the first French postwar design to fly, an honour which instead fell to the Sud-Est Languedoc, a civil version of the Bloch MB161. The prototype Br.761, F-WASK, first flew at Villacoublay on 15 February 1949.
The 761 featured a cantilever wing set at mid-height on the bulky fuselage. The retractable tricycle landing gear featured dual-wheel main units. The empennage had twin fins and rudders and a vestigial central fin. The prototype was powered by four 1,580 hp (1,180 kW) SNECMA 14R-24 radial engines] The Bréguets serving with Air France had up to 107 seats and an elevator between the two floors
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The Breguet Br. 763 Provence is a four-engine medium-range airliner and transport aircraft with two passenger decks produced by the French manufacturer Breguet (Société Anonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet).
The Breguet Br. 763, often called Deux-Ponts (Double-Decker), was initially designed as the Breguet Br. 761S (4 pre-production aircraft built)
The Breguet Br. 763, often called Deux-Ponts (Double-Decker), was initially designed as the Breguet Br. 761S (4 pre-production aircraft built)