Sud-Ouest Brittany

Sud-Ouest SO30P Brittany
Type:	Airliner
Design country:	France
Manufacturer:	SNCASO
First flight:	February 26, 1945
Number of pieces:	45

The Sud-Ouest SO30P Bretagne was a twin-engine French airliner from the 1940s.

development

Brittany was developed in 1941 by a group of designers in Cannes . It was a cantilever, twin-engine, medium-sized all-metal transport aircraft designed as a middle -wing aircraft . The prototype with the designation SO30N was ready to fly in November 1942, but was not allowed to take off due to a ban by the occupying powers Germany and Italy. Therefore, the first flight took place on February 26, 1945.

The first series version was called SO30P Bretagne , although there were two versions with different engines. In addition to the crew, consisting of five people, the aircraft could carry between 30 and 43 passengers. There was also a freighter version called SO30C with a revised fuselage interior, reinforced floor and large cargo hold doors.

Some aircraft were also fitted with Turbomeca Palas jet turbines under the wings. Others were equipped for engine tests with SNECMA Atar 101 engines and Rolls-Royce Nene jet turbines built under license .

The aircraft was used both as a commercial aircraft and as a military transporter.

variants

• SO30N - prototype
• SO30P-1 - Series version with Pratt & Whitney R-2800-B43
• SO30P-2 - Series version with Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA13
• SO30C - cargo aircraft version

operator

SO.30P at Hanover Airport , 1968

Military operation

•  France
  • Armée de l'air
  • Aviation Navale of the French Navy

Civilian use

•  France
  • Aigle Azur (1946)
  • Air France
•  Algeria
  • Air Algérie
•  Laos
  • Air Laos
•  Morocco
  • Air Maroc

Incidents

During the operating time of Brittany there were five total losses from 1951 to 1955. A person was killed in the process. Examples:

• On October 30, 1951, the right landing gear of a Sud-Ouest Bretagne owned by Air Algérie ( aircraft registration F-OAIY ) suddenly collapsed during take-off at Paris-Orly airport . The plane skid and caught fire. It was destroyed, but all 4 crew members and 30 passengers survived.

• On August 30, 1954, a Sud-Ouest Bretagne of the Aigle Azur (F-BEHS) was irreparably damaged in an emergency landing in Hanoi , North Vietnam . Nothing is currently known about personal injury.

Technical data (SO30P-2)

Three-sided view of the SO.30R-2

Parameter	Data
crew	5
Passengers	30-43
length	18.95 m
span	29.60 m
height	5.90 m
Takeoff mass	19,500 kg
Top speed	430 km / h
Service ceiling	6,500 m
Range	1,330 km
Engines	two radial engines Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA18 with 1790 kW (2,400 PS)

literature

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985) , Orbis

Web links

Commons : Sud-Ouest Bretagne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Stroud: European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Putnam & Company, London 1966, p. 201.
2. ↑ Accident statistics SNCASO SO.30 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 10, 2017.
3. ↑ accident report SO.30 Brittany F-Òàíÿ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 10 November 2017th
4. ↑ accident report SO.30 Brittany F-Behs , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11 of 2019.