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The Breguet Br.1050 Alizé was created making sure that
it can fulfill its anti‐submarine warfare missions. The
cockpit was modified to carry a crew of four, with extra
seats behind the pilot and the navigator for the radar
operator(s). The pilot was seated in front on the left,
the navigator in front on the right, and the radar opera‐
tor(s) behind them.
The Alizé was powered by turboprop engine only,
a Rolls‐Royce Dart RDa.7 Mk 21 turboprop, yielding
1,975 hp, a search radar ARAD 2A mounted in a retract‐
able platform in the former jet engine bay instead and
sonobuoys were placed in fairings of the main retract‐
able landing gear.
Breguet 1050 Alizé No.01 was displayed at the
1957 Paris Air Salon to the public for the first time. The first Alizé made its initial flight in October 1956. The
prototype Breguet 1050 Alizé No.01 was displayed at the
1957 Paris Air Salon to the public. The two pre‐
production planes made their maiden flights on June
21st 1957 (No.04) and August 1st 1958 (No.05). The first production aircraft was delivered March 20th 1959,
and the last one in June 1961. A total of 92 examples of the Alizé were built between 1957 and 1962, includ‐
ing five preproduction prototypes. 75 production aircraft were acquired by the Aéronavale, with initial ser‐
vice delivery in March 1959. Initially, 100 aircraft were planned, but eventually the order was cut to 75
planes in 1958 (a first batch of 50 and a second batch of 25). Twelve aircraft were exported to India. Pro‐
duction aircraft were also equipped fitted with the Thomson‐CSF DRAA‐2B retractable radar, instead of the
APS‐33, right behind the weapons bay.
A typical Alizé mission would last 4 hours, the plane had to carry min. of 2000 litres of fuel, the typical con‐
sumption rate was 500 litres per hour. After each of these missions (during which the airframe was limited
to 3.5Gs) the plane required 30 hours of maintenance (including major operations). To help fight salt‐wate