SNCASE Armagnac

what is it?

The SNCASE S.E.2010 Armagnac was a large French airliner of the late 1940s built by SNCASE (Sud-Est). The aircraft's disappointing performance and range prevented it from achieving commercial success. Although the SNCASE Armagnac did not have a sterling career, its passenger compartment design gave it a much roomier feel and greater capacity and foreshadowed the future wide-body jet airliners.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · mid wing · retractable tricycle gear · 49 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 580 km/htop speed
• range 5,120 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 160passengers
• size 77.5 tmax take-off weight
• built 9made 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 77 years ago, in 1949.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 49 m: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 5,120 km: 28× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1949-04-02

introduced

1952

retired

1958

status

retired

number built

9

role

airliner

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

SNCASE

engines

4× Pratt & Whitney R-4360-B13 Wasp Major / R-4360 Wasp Major

crew

6

passengers

160

length

39.6 m

wingspan

49 m

height

11.4 m

max take-off weight

77.5 t

top speed

580 km/h

cruise speed

450 km/h

range

5,120 km

ceiling

6,800 m

wings

mid 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.