Bréguet Br.945 twin-engine STOL light military turboprop transport project......

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is part of an article in French about the Bréguet Br.945 twin-engine STOL light military transport "project". The two Turboméca Turmo III-D turboprops were linked together through gearboxes and transmission shafts to drive four large diameter propellors; only the inboard engine nacelles contained the engines and the outer nacelles only contained gearboxes and transmission shafts. The Bréguet Br.945 remained a "project"......

This is part of a larger article about the contenders for a 1960 Armée de l'Air competition for an army co-operation light transport and the other contenders were:-

Avions Marcel Dassault MD-415 Communauté (prototype).
Max Holste MH-260 Super Broussard (prototype).
Max Holste MH-261 Super Broussard (project).

The article comes from the 6th January 1961 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is part of a further article in French about the Bréguet Br.945 twin-engine STOL light military transport "project". The article illustrates the transmission system linking the two Turboméca Turmo III-D turboprops to the four large diameter propellors; only the inboard engine nacelles contained the engines and the outer nacelles only contained gearboxes and transmission shafts. the article states that such a transmission system was no more complicated than a comparable system in a contemporary tandem rotor helicopter......

This is part of a larger article about the contenders for a 1960 Armée de l'Air competition for an army co-operation light transport and the other contenders were:-

The article comes from the 27th January 1961 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is part of an article in French about the Bréguet Br.945 twin-engine STOL light military transport "project"; part of a larger article about the Bréguet Br.941 prototype and plans for other, further Bréguet types using the same high-lift principle......

The article comes from the 31st December 1960 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Jemiba]

From the Aviation Magazine November 1960, an artist's impression of the
armed variant of the Br.945