Bréguet 19

what is it?

The Breguet 19 (Breguet XIX, Br.19 or Bre.19) was a sesquiplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft which was also used for long-distance flights and was designed by the French Breguet company and produced from 1924.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 214 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 2,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 2,700made 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 104 years ago, in 1922.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1922-05

introduced

1923

retired

1941

status

retired

number built

2,700

role

light bomber/reconnaissance aircraft

makers

Breguet Aviation, Nakajima, Airbus Defence and Space S.A.

engines

1× Lorraine 12Ed Courlis / Hispano-Suiza 12Nb

crew

2

passengers

2

length

9.6 m

wingspan

14.8 m

height

3.7 m

max take-off weight

2,500 kg

top speed

214 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

7,200 m

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