TheBréguet 280T was a Frenchbiplaneairliner of the late 1920s, created by the manufacturer as a means of finding a civil market for their19 warplane, as they had once tried before with the26T.
The 280T was similar to the 26T, using the Bréguet 19's flying surfaces combined with a passenger-carryingfuselage that completely filled the interplane gap. The 280 fuselage was based on the 26T's fuselage but featured refined aerodynamics.
A singleprototype was evaluated in autumn 1928, followed by eight production machines ordered byAir Union. These were flown on routes betweenParis and southern France, between Paris andSwitzerland, and (occasionally) between Paris andLondon. They were joined in service by a 10th machine (converted from one of the281T prototypes), and six284Ts with more powerful engines (one of these converted from the other 281T). Two of this latter type were also operated byAir Orient on routes to East Asia. Some of Air Union's 280Ts and 284Ts were still in service when the airline was absorbed intoAir France.
On 17 January 1931, Bréguet 280T F-AIVU ofAir Union crashed while attempting to land atLympne Airport in England.[1][2] The aircraft caught the boundary fence and crashed onto the airfield, damaging the forward fuselage and undercarriage.[3] Of the eight people on board, one of the crew was injured.[1]
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