Air-Britain Archive 1992-04 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-WFKC

The Breguet G.11E-01 (photo) was flown initially with the 240 hp Potez 9E nine cylinder radial engine but later a 450 hp P&W R985-SB5 nine cylinder radial was fitted and the fuselage was lengthened by insertions fore and aft of the rotor pylon. It was registered F-WFKC and after testing was donated to the Musee de l'Air. The same test marks were also used by the second Breguet 900.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Breguet G.11 E Experimental Helicopter (240 h.p. Potez 9E-00 engine).

Air-Britain Archive 1992-03 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (2)

In the centre of this view, the Breguet G11E helicopter had two contra-rotating three-blade rotors and a tailplane mounted atop a single tall fin. It had a long fuselage with streamlined nose and a fixed spatted undercarriage. Its 240 hp 9-cyl Potez 9E radial engine was not yet fitted and during the Show the rotors were turned over slowly by a 4 hp electric motor. Breguet's helicopter experience went back to 1907 when the Breguet-Richet helicopter became the first to lift itself off the ground, although it was not able to fly forward under control. Three prototypes of the G11E were built but it did not go into production. One of them, F-WFKC is preserved in the Musee de l'Air.
Top left of the group is SNCAN Norecrin retractable undercarriage cabin tourer monoplane F-BBKC and inset is F-BBBO, the Nord 1201-01 prototype. Originally a 2-seater, F-BBBO was soon flying with four up and 1201 c/n 4 F-BBKC was made into the 1203-01 prototype 4-seater with 135 hp Regnier 4LO 4-cyl inverted in-line engine with a normal rating of 145 hp at 2350 rpm. The Norecrin shows its relationship to the Me 108 which was built in France during the war, and to the tricycle Me 208 developed from it and built as the Nord 1101 Noralpha, also on display as F-BBCM c/n 8. The Norecrin was very successful and over 400 were produced. Nord 1203 c/n 373 F-BICY is preserved in the Musee de l'Air.
Top right and inset is the SE.2100 "tailless" monoplane prototype, a very neat side-by-side cabin 2-seater with a fixed tricycle undercarriage. The 140 hp Renault 4Pei 4-cyl inverted in-line engine was mounted as a direct drive pusher with a 2-blade Legere propeller. Some problems were experienced with the engine cooling air supply from the underside intake. The wing had endplate fins and rudders, 30° sweep, and plain flaps occupied the trailing edge space inboard of the ailerons. It was built for aerodynamic research but afterwards it was proposed to develop it for private owner use. However, it seems this came to nothing, perhaps because the limited cabin space which, while suitable for experimental use, might have been considered cramped for travel and leisure. The SE.2100 was shown unregistered.
The model prominently displayed in the foreground with false registration F-AJOQ was of the 141 ft span Breguet 761 Deux Ponts (two decks) which soon filled the spot vacated by the Cormoran with the same engines. First prototype F-WFAM first flew on 1.3.49. Production 763 Provence aircraft had P&W R-2800-CA18 2400 hp 14-cyl 2-row radial engines and 12 civil and 15 military examples were built.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Breguet Br.760 Deux Ponts/Provence/Sahara - ФранцияFrance - 1949Nord Nord 1200 Norecrin / Nord 1220 Norelan - ФранцияFrance - 1945Sud-Est SE.2100 - ФранцияFrance - 1945