Breguet 393T

393T
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Role	Airliner
Manufacturer	Breguet
First flight	February 1931
Introduction	July 1934
Primary user	Air France
Number built	9

The Breguet 390T, 392T and 393T were a family of French propeller-driven airliners of the mid-1930s.

Development

The Breguet 390T family were large three-engine sesquiplanes of all-metal construction with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage.

Operational history

The newly constituted Air France operated six 393Ts, plus the sole 392T prototype that it purchased from Breguet to use as a cargo plane. The aircraft were originally deployed on the Toulouse-Casablanca route and later on the Natal-Buenos Aires route. Towards the end of their careers, all remaining 393Ts were recalled to Paris and used on short routes between Paris and nearby European destinations.

Variants

390T

• First prototype powered by Gnome-Rhône 5Kd radial engines. One aircraft built, destroyed in crash early in test programme.

391T

• Second prototype, similar to 390T.

392T

• Freighter version powered by Hispano-Suiza 9Qc radial engines, 1 built.

393T

• Definitive production version with Gnome-Rhône 7Kd radial engines, 6 built.

Operators

France

• Air France

Specifications (393T)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 pilots
• Capacity: 8 passengers
• Length: 14.76 m (48 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 21.71 m (71 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 66.5 m² (715 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,966 kg (8,743 lb)
• Gross weight: 6,000 kg (13,228 lb)
• Powerplant: 3 × Gnome-Rhône 7Kd, 261 kW (350 hp) each each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 249 km/h (155 mph)
• Range: 975 km (606 miles)
• Service ceiling: 5,850 m (19,200 ft)