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Title: Canadian forest industries July-December 1922
Identifier: canadianforjuldec1922donm (find matches)
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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Subjects: Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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86 C A N A D A L U M P» K R M A N The Breguet,De Velizy (France) Aviation Plant
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The Breguet De Velizy (France) Aviation Plant (View of a Hall—Mounting Airplanes It has been the privilege of many to see in the French Exhibition Train which toured recently throughout Canada, interesting pictures and films supplied by the Aviation Plant of LOUIS BREGUET (Societe Anonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet.) This firm established in 1905, has acquired in France a considerable development, and it is to- day the leader in Metallic Airplane Construction. As early as 1909, the firm of Breguet was de- signing metallic airplanes with folding wings. From the start the French Army adopted these airplanes, and in this it was quickly followed by England, Italy, Siam, Argentina, Chili, etc. Even Germany thought it was wise to secure some of them. At the outset of the War and in 191f> and 1910, heavy bombing airplanes fitted with back pro- pellers were built in standardized lots, also fight- ing airplanes fitted with 37 m/m guns and de- signed specially for offensive scouting. Toward the close of 1916, however, the firm of BREGUET resuming its pre-war theories of a fuselage bi-plane with forward propeller, placed on the market their Airplane type XIV. Owing to its exceptional good points, this airplane has quickly secured a leading position in the aviation field and until the close of hostilities, the BREGUET XIV Squadrons played a notable role in the aerial war. The de Velizy plant in which over 2,000 men were then employed, was however unable to meet the ever increasing de- mand from the front for type XIV airplanes. More than 8,000 airplanes of this type were built and delivered. Following the armistice, the DE VELIZY plant devoted all its efforts towards commercial aviation and from the war airplane, transformed and enlarged, sprung up the type XIV T. bis. Equipped as transportation or ambulance air- planes these were soon universally appreciated. Actually the following airplanes are built by the BREGUET firm: Type XIV, army corps and bombing plane. This airplane which can be equipped with the 300 H.P. RENAULT, the HISPANO- SUIZA or the FIAR motors, has been definitely adopted, following in this the example of France, by the following coun- tries: Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Spain, United-States, Finland, Greece, Poland, Roumania, Russia, Siam, Checo-Slovakia, Uruguay, Yougo-Slavia. Type XIV T. bis commercial. A limousine airplane carrying in addition to the pilot, in a closed and aerated cabin, 5 passengers with their baggage and capable of a speed of 165 Km. per hour. For the past three years, this plane has been on active service on the Paris-London route and since its creation on the Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam Line. A few months ago the France-Maroc line having completely renewed its material has also adopted the BREGUET Airplanes so as to be in a position to make the trip of 1850 Km. between Toulouse and Casa- blanca in one day only. This achievement is very remarkable inasmuch as the Mor- occo trip is one of the most difficult in ex- istence. The Type XIV T. bis Airpalne has also been equipped as an ambulance airplane, accord- ing to the specifications of the French Health Service. So equipped it is possible to carry therein two wounded on stretchers as well as a physician, a nurse and a full set of surgical material. This airplane adopted immediately and built in large numbers, has rendered marked services in Morocco, the Far-East and in Indo-China. Type XVI Bn. 3—Night bombing airplane, capable of carrying 600 Kgs. of bombs. Type XVII C2. Fighting plane; fitted with a 450 H.P. RENAULT Motor, it has attained a speed of 221 Km. per hour. Type XIX A2. Long distance scouting and fighting plane, built entirely of metal and equipped with either a RENAULT 450 H.P. Motor or with a bi-motor BREGUET 450 H.P., it shows a speed of 230 Km and reaches an altitude of 7.000 meters in 40 minutes. Types XX & XXII—Transportation airplanes equipped with sets of multi-motors BRE- GUET having a combined power of 900 H.P.—These all metal planes can carry 25 passengers. They attain a speed of 170 Km. per hour. We may mention here that all of BREGUET Airplanes can be easily and quickly transformed into hydroplanes by replacing the landing device by a system of special floaters consisting of a central shell, two lateral floaters and a tail flo:iter. The limousines XIV bis, so equipped as hydroplanes are being used by the Coin- pagnie des Transports Aeriens Guyanais of French Guiana. Furthermore, the BREGUET firm makes a special study of multi-motors in sets and of a high power and have already designed sets of bi-motors of 450 H.P. and sets of quadri-motors of 900 H.P.

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