5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bréguet 17 C.2 L'Aéronautique December,1922: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 2. Breguet 17 01: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Breguet 17 02: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. Breguet 17 03: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. Breguet 17 08: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Bréguet 17 was a two-seat biplane fighter developed in France towards the end of World War I and operated by that country during the 1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 14.3 m wingspan
base stats
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1918
- number built
- 100
- role
- heavy fighter
- makers
- Breguet Aviation
- engines
- 1× Renault 12K1
- length
- 8.1 m
- wingspan
- 14.3 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,840 kg
- top speed
- 218 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4134153, Wikipedia: Bréguet 17 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.