Iconic French Propliner Cutaway model: the BREGUET 763 PROVENCE

Many thanks Duggy1, it’s the BREGUET 761 presentation model with the same configuration  than the painting !

Taken at the Paris Air Salon 1946.

I have know it from when I was a child.

Not by any real effort or study on my part, but because it was in a aircraft recognition handbook I had back then (and still do)!

The first aircraft book I had at home (as opposed to a library).

Beautiful models.

SILVER CITY Airways operated the BREGUET 761S cn 2  F-BASL for a short period, June to September 1953.

The former version, the BREGUET 761 , had only two windows on the lower deck.

The Breguet 763 Provence had nine windows for the lower deck, and cheaper seats

Not unknown, indeed. The freighter version of the Breguet deux-ponts was a regular visitor in the UK !

Not unknown, just overlooked slightly!  So, the cheaper seats in the lower deck had no windows?

Wow, what a stunning  model! I can see from the background that the deux ponts is a favourite of yours – did you build the model, or is it a  period example?

Fascinating to see aircraft that are virtually unknown on this side of La Manche.

The military version of the BREGUET 763 PROVENCE was the Breguet 765 SAHARA.

A large 1/20 scale model at the PARIS Air Show

The BREGUET 763 PROVENCE was powered by four 2400 hp Pratt and Whitney  2800 CA-18 engines and flew at a cruising speed of 380 km/h

Michel Schou collection

The upper deck of the aircraft had 58 seats and the lower deck 48 seats or cargo.

In 1953, AIR FRANCE bought twelve Breguet deux-ponts 763 operated on the lines of North Africa.

The scale of the factory model is 1/20