Flight, November 1934

THE FOURTEENTH PARIS AERO SHOW

THE EXHIBITS DESCRIBED

Large Civil Machines

   PROBABLY most prominent among the civil machines in the Salon is the large Breguet low-wing monoplane, which is generally regarded as the French answer to the American Douglas or Boeing type of machine. This is not to say that such an answer is definitely intended, but obviously there are lessons to be learnt from every manufacturer's machines, and there is no doubt that the well-streamlined twin-engined low-wing monoplane has gained, in recent years, a first place in the consideration of commercial operators.
   The Breguet 46 T (or "Fulgur" as it is officially designated) is a large all-metal machine with two Gnome-Rhone "Mistral Major" engines giving 880 h.p. each. These are well cowled into the wing, so assisting the attainment of a top speed of 385 km.p.h. (239 m.p.h.). Seating twelve to fourteen passengers in the long, well-lighted cabin, this machine should be comfortable, and, with its ample wing flaps, the landing speed should not be unduly high.
   The retractile undercarriage is particularly robust, with each compression unit in the form of a pair of combined cylinders at the top of the forward struts on either side of the wheels. By means of broken radius rods each wheel is swung upwards and backwards into the space behind and underneath the engine mountings.
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