The design of the Breguet 16 was essentially a scaled-up version of Breguet's highly successful 14 — a conventionally configured biplane with two-bay, unstaggered, equal-span wings. Trials in 1918 proved promising, and mass production by several French manufacturers, under licence from Breguet, was planned for 1919. These plans were discarded upon the Armistice, but more limited production was revived in the early 1920s as the French Air Force began a programme of modernisation.[1]
Operational history
In service, the single-engine Breguet 16 was used to replace obsolete twin-engine Farman F.50s in the night bomber role as the Bre.16Bn.2. Some of the 200 aircraft built were deployed to Syria and Morocco, and Breguet also managed to sell some to the military air arms of China and Czechoslovakia.[2] A single Breguet 16 was acquired by the Portuguese Air Force in 1924 for the Lisbon-Macau Raid, an attempted flight between Portugal and Macau, but the attempt failed, with the aircraft being destroyed in a forced landing in India.[3]
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January 30, 2023
bréguet, breguet, bomber, biplane, produced, france, toward, world, 16portuguese, bre16bn, patria, role, night, bombermanufacturer, breguetdesigner, marcel, vuilliermefirst, flight, june, 1918introduction, 1921retired, 1926number, built, contents, design, deve. The Breguet 16 was a bomber biplane produced in France toward the end of World War I 16Portuguese Bre16Bn 2 Patria Role Night bomberManufacturer BreguetDesigner Marcel VuilliermeFirst flight 1 June 1918Introduction 1921Retired 1926Number built ca 200 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Specifications 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 BibliographyDesign and development EditThe design of the Breguet 16 was essentially a scaled up version of Breguet s highly successful 14 a conventionally configured biplane with two bay unstaggered equal span wings Trials in 1918 proved promising and mass production by several French manufacturers under licence from Breguet was planned for 1919 These plans were discarded upon the Armistice but more limited production was revived in the early 1920s as the French Air Force began a programme of modernisation 1 Operational history EditIn service the single engine Breguet 16 was used to replace obsolete twin engine Farman F 50s in the night bomber role as the Bre 16Bn 2 Some of the 200 aircraft built were deployed to Syria and Morocco and Breguet also managed to sell some to the military air arms of China and Czechoslovakia 2 A single Breguet 16 was acquired by the Portuguese Air Force in 1924 for the Lisbon Macau Raid an attempted flight between Portugal and Macau but the attempt failed with the aircraft being destroyed in a forced landing in India 3 Variants EditBre 16Bn 2 Night bomber version Operators Edit ChinaChinese Nationalist Air Force CzechoslovakiaCzech Air Force FranceFrench Air Force PortugalPortuguese Air Force 3 Specifications EditGeneral characteristics Crew Two pilot and observer Length 9 55 m 31 ft 4 in Wingspan 16 96 m 55 ft 8 in Height 3 32 m 10 ft 11 in Wing area 75 5 m2 813 sq ft Empty weight 1 265 kg 2 789 lb Gross weight 2 200 kg 4 850 lb Powerplant 1 Renault 12Fe 224 kW 300 hp Performance Maximum speed 160 km h 99 mph 86 kn Range 900 km 559 mi 486 nmi Service ceiling 4 600 m 15 090 ft Armament 1 trainable 7 7 mm 303 in Lewis Gun in observer s cockpit 550 kg 1 213 lb of bombsReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Breguet 16 Notes Edit Taylor and Alexander 1969 pp 74 75 Taylor 1989 p 199 a b Niccoli 1998 p 23 Bibliography Edit Niccoli Riccardo January February 1998 Atlantic Sentinels The Portuguese Air Force Since 1912 Air Enthusiast No 73 pp 20 35 ISSN 0143 5450 Taylor John W R and Jean Alexander Combat Aircraft of the World New York G P Putnam s Sons 1969 ISBN 0 71810 564 8 Taylor Michael J H Jane s Encyclopedia of Aviation London Studio Editions 1989 ISBN 0 517 69186 8 World Aircraft Information Files London Bright Star Publishing File 890 Sheet 80 81 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Breguet 16 amp oldid 1127723538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
