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Bréguet 1150 Atlantic

🇫🇷 France ·first flew 1961· maritime patrol aircraft

🎖️ military 2× turboprop ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Atlantic - RIAT 2006 (2457788396): Tim Felce (Airwolfhound)· CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. 2. Breguet.atlantic.fairford.arp: User:Arpingstone· Public domain
  3. 3. Breguet Atlantic weapon bay with torpedos 3: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. Breguet BR1150 Atlantic (SP-13A) maritiem patrouillevliegtuig 255 (2158 013058): Fotoafdrukken Koninklijke Marine· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. An air to air right front view of a French navy Breguet 1150 Atlantic aircraft - DPLA - 3c6cb7ecbf3b5c51735cb02d70620fbc: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994· Public domain
  6. 6. Breguet Atlantic Airbrakes: Stahlkocher· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. Breguet Atlantic, Triebwerks-Detail: Zacke82· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. Breguet Atlantic- Nimes-Garons: 34 super héros· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. Inside breguet atlantic tail: Bublegun· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Inside breguet atlantic: Bublegun· CC BY-SA 3.0
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Bréguet 1150 Atlantic, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Tim Felce (Airwolfhound)· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic is a long-range maritime patrol aircraft designed and manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Breguet Aviation. Designed in response to a 1958 NATO specification as a replacement for the Lockheed P2V Neptune, Breguet's submission was declared the winner over several competing bids. To produce the Atlantic, a multinational consortium, Société d'Étude et de Construction de Breguet Atlantic (SECBAT), was established.

How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · retractable tricycle gear · 37.4 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 648 km/htop speed
  • seats 12passengers
  • size 46.2 tmax take-off weight
  • built 115made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 65 years ago, in 1961.
  • Top speed is 5.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 37.4 m: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight
1961-10-21
introduced
1965
status
still flying
number built
115
role
maritime patrol aircraft
origin
🇫🇷 France
makers
Breguet Aviation
engines
2× Rolls-Royce Tyne RTy.20 Mk 21 / RB.109 Tyne
crew
12
passengers
12
length
31.6 m
wingspan
37.4 m
height
10.9 m
max take-off weight
46.2 t
top speed
648 km/h
cruise speed
315 km/h
range
—
ceiling
9,145 m
landing gear
retractable tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q662271, Wikipedia: Bréguet 1150 Atlantic (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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