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The Sud-Ouest S.O.30 Bretagne was a 1940s French airliner built by Sud-Ouest.

S.O.30 Bretagne
SO.30P of the Aeronavale equipped with under-wing Palas auxiliary jets at Blackbushe Airport in 1955
Role Airliner and military transport
Manufacturer Sud-Ouest
First flight 26 February 1945
Primary users Air France
French Air Force
Number built 45

Design and development

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The Bretagne (Engl. "Brittany") was designed by a group of designers and engineers who were based at Cannes from May 1941 following the invasion of France. The design was for a medium capacity civil transport, a twin-engined mid-wing cantilever all-metal monoplane. The prototype (designated the S.O.30N) first flew on 26 February 1945.

Operational history

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The initial production version was designated the S.O.30P Bretagne with two versions with different engines. The aircraft operated with a crew of five and could carry between 30 and 43 passengers. A cargo version (the S.O.30C) was produced, with a revised interior and strengthened floor and large cargo door. The aircraft was operated as an airliner, but mainly by the French military forces as a medium transport.

Some aircraft were fitted with two underwing Turbomeca Palas turbojet engines for auxiliary power. Other aircraft were used for engine-trials fitted with the SNECMA Atar 101 and licence-built Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets.

Variants

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S.O.30N
Tailwheel undercarriage prototype, c/n 01 built after the 1940 armistice and stored till after the war. The second S.O.30R c/n 02 was built in 1946 and later converted to the S.O.30 Nene, jet powered airliner test-bed.
S.O.30R Bellatrix
Two prototypes of the nosewheel undercarriage production model.
S.O.30C
cargo version, one built with belly loading hatches.
S.O.30P-1
production version with Pratt & Whitney R-2800-B43 engines.
S.O.30P-2
production version with Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA13 engines.
S.O.30 Nene
One aircraft converted from S.O.30R c/n 02 for use as a testbed, powered by two Rolls-Royce Nenes.

Operators

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Military operators

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  France

Civil operators

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  Algeria
  France
  Iran
  Morocco

Specifications (S.O.30P-2)

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Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54,[4] French Post-War Transport Aircraft[5]

General characteristics

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See also

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Stroud 1966, p. 203.
  • ^ a b c d Stroud 1966, p. 202.
  • ^ Stroud 1966, pp. 202–203.
  • ^ Bridgman 1953, pp. 152–153.
  • ^ Chillon, Dubois & Wegg 1980, pp. 23–25
  • Bibliography

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    Further reading

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