Bréguet 941

what is it?

The Breguet 941 is a French four-engine turboprop short takeoff and landing (STOL) transport aircraft developed by Breguet in the 1960s. Although widely promoted, both by Breguet in France and by McDonnell Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas in the United States, it was not built in large numbers; only one prototype and four production aircraft were built.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 23.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 450 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 57passengers
• built 6made 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 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 23.4 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1961-06-01

introduced

1967

retired

1974

status

retired

number built

6

role

stol transport

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Breguet Aviation

engines

4× Turbomeca Turmo IIID3

crew

2

passengers

57

length

23.8 m

wingspan

23.4 m

height

9.7 m

top speed

450 km/h

cruise speed

400 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

9,500 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

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