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74 FLIGHT, 20 January 1961 LIGHT TACTICAL TRANSPORT Three-way Competition in France KEEN competition recently centred round the selection ofa light tactical transport for the French air force and thechoice was narrowed down to the Breguet 945 (illustrated here with its civil predecessor, the 941), the Dassault Super Com-munaute and the Nord-Holste Super Broussard. Both the last two are to be powered by two Turbomeca Bastan turbopropsgiving 1,080 h.p. each, while the 945 will have two Turmo IIIDs, giving 1,300 h.p. and driving four 12.5ft Ratier propellers on acommon transverse shaft. The power of the Turmo may be increased to 1,500 h.p. eventually. The Super Broussard, possibly designated MH.270, will differlittle from the civil MH.260, except in having clam-shell rear- loading doors. The fuselage is already large enough to accom-modate two jeeps although the specification is reported to call Progress with the first Breguet 941 is illustrated by these photographs of the fuselage of the first flight specimen. Considerably larger than the 945, the first 941 should fly in time to perform at the Paris Salon Artist's impressions of the Breguet 945 STOL transport, propellers are driven by two turboprops and spanwise in which ioui shafting for only one. The 1,080 h.p. Bastans should somewhat improvean already excellent field performance—balanced field length of 3,280ft at maximum gross weight of 21,5831b at sea-level in ISA.Landing distance from 50ft is given as 1,575ft and a maximum payload of 8,8511b could be carried for 390 statute miles. Quotedrange with full fuel is 1,012 statute miles. The Super Communaute is reported to be 40 per cent largerthan the prototype now flying and to have developed high-lift devices. The manufacturers claim a field length of 980ft at 3,280ftaltitude in 40 °C, with extensive flap-blowing. The Communaute and its armed derivative, the Spirale, weredeveloped principally for military service, but the Super Broussard. now produced and marketed as a joint venture by Nord and Holste,already has French government backing for an initial batch of 100 offered to civil operators. A pre-production batch of five isbeing built and the prototype has already completed well over lOOhr of successful test flying. Technically the most interesting of the three, and one whichhas a very good chance of winning the competition, is the Bregiret "blown wing" STOL 945. Accompanying pictures show thefuselage of the 941, a larger machine, nearing completion. It is scheduled to fly in time to be demonstrated at the forthcomingSalon at Pans in June and should prove one of the main attrac- tions. The French AeYopostale service and BEA, as well as severalother companies and countries have already shown considerable interest. The 945 is generally a scaled-down version with only twoengines, but retaining the double-flap high-lift system, the Messier Jockey undercarriage and rear-loading doors. The nose has exten- STOL Competitors* Powerplants (2) Span Length Cabin length (ft) Cabin width (in)... Cabin height (in) lax payload (Ib) 3ross weight (Ib): ield length, i.s.a.. s-l. (f Max cruise (m.p.h.) Min speed (m.p.h.) j Breguet 945 Turmo MID, 1.300 h.p.66ft 9in 54ft 5in 22 76 73 see graph 22,000 see graphs 248 49 Dassault S. Communauti Bastan 1,080 54+43 + 22 71 55 3,000+ 15,000+under 1,000 300 +70? MH Super Broussard Bastan 1.080 71ft 8in 58fc1ir. 21 86 79 8,851 21,600 2.500; 235 + 56 * These data are all to be regarded as provisional.
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