Built in 1927
with a 3,735 litre fuel tank in a thicker and aerodynamically refined fuselage.
With an additional fuel tank in the wing, the total fuel capacity was 4,125
litres. Five were built by Breguet and two by the Spanish company CASA (some publications give lower numbers of aircraft
built, or different fuel capacity).
Bréguet
19 Super Bidon
The last and most advanced long-distance variant, built in 1929, and designed for transatlantic flight. It had a 5,180 litre fuel tank (later 5,580 litres), a modified fuselage, and a wing span of 18.3 metres. It was powered by a 600 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Lb engine (later upgraded to 650 hp). A single model was built in France, and another, with a closed canopy, was built in Spain in 1933.
Repères.
Breguet 19 GR's and TR's set several world records, mostly of long-distance
non-stop flights, starting with Arrachart and Lemaitre's 3,166 km (1,967 mile)
flight from Paris to Villa Cisneros in 24½ hours on 2-3 February . On 14-15
July 1926, Girier and Dordilly set a new record of 4,716 km (2,930 miles)
between Paris and Omsk, beaten on 31 August-1 September by Challe and
Weiser's 5,174 km (3,215 miles), and on 28 October by Dieudonne
Costes and Rignot's 5,450 km (3,386 miles). Between 10 October 1927 and
14 April 1928 Costes and Le Brix flew a Br.19 GR (named Nungesser-Coli)
around the world, covering 57,000 km (35,418 miles) - though the journey between
San Francisco and Tokyo was taken by ship.
Rappel: Léon Challe & Larre Borges, 15 novembre-17 décembre 1929 Versailles- Istres- Séville ==> Traversée de l’Atlantique Sud (récit) ==>Maracujá au BRESIL (près de Natal)
The Super Bidon was created
especially for the purpose of a transatlantic flight. It was named "?"
(Point d'Interrogation - The Question Mark). Dieudonne Costes and Maurice
Bellonte set a non-stop distance record of 7,905 km (4,911 miles) from
Paris to Moullart on 27-29 September 1929 on
this plane. Then on 1-2 September 1930, they flew from Paris to New York City, a
distance of 6,200 km (3,852 miles) making the first non-stop east-west crossing
of the north Atlantic. The second Super Bidon, the Spanish Cuatro Vientos,
vanished over Mexico with M. Barberan and J. Collar Serra, after a transatlantic
flight from Seville to Cuba on 10-11 June 1933.
Rappel: Léon Challe & Larre Borges,
15 novembre-17 décembre 1929
Versailles- Istres- Séville ==> Traversée de l’Atlantique Sud (récit)
==>Maracujá au BRESIL (près de Natal) source answers.com