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1952
1952 - 2266.PDF
204 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSPORT An S.O.30 for M. Auriol Exterior, interior arid plan views of the V.l-P. Bretagne are shown on this page. On the right, M. Auriol is seen with his crew—shaking hands with Col. Cressaty and Capt. Canteraine (left). Other crew members are Capt. Guenare, Adjt.-chef Delacour and Adjts. Maguies and Martineau. AT a recent ceremony at the •^ SNCASO works, Villa- coublay, the President of the French Republic, M. Vincent Auriol, was presented with an S.O. 30 Bretagne aircraft chris tened France. The machine is specially fitted out to meet the requirements of a president, both as a personal transport and for the reception of "high-ranking foreign personalities visiting France." The presentation was made by the Secretary of State for Air, M. Pierre Montel, in the presence of M. G. Glasser, president and general manager of SNCASO. M. Auriol had expressed the wish that it should be a small private ceremony, and the only other people present were engineers concerned with the construction of the aircraft, and Lt.-Col. Cressaty, the President's air attach^, who introduced members Of the crew and conducted the President on his inspection of the aircraft. M. Auriol said that the aircraft bore the label of French technical skill and taste. The President's Bretagne is equipped with extra tanks to give it a range of some 1,400 miles and the cabin is laid out to take up to 15 passengers. The external colour scheme consists of two blue stripes along the fuselage, a wings-and-star insignia on the nose, with the name France, and the tricolour on the rudder. The tasteful interior includes garnet-red carpeting of the three main compartments, wall and ceiling covers of light yellow gaberdine, and fittings in sycamore. A cabin instrument panel indicates speed, heading, altitude, and outside and interior temperatures. The styling is the work of MM. A. Mauny and S. A. Deport. The two engines are 2,435 h.p. Fratt and Whitney C.A.i8s.
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