Antoinette VI

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VI
Type	Experimental aircraft
Manufacturer	Antoinette
Designed by	Leon Levavasseur
Maiden flight	1909

The Antoinette VI was an early French aircraft, flown in 1909. It was a development of the Antoinette IV, its major technological advance being that it was fitted with true ailerons, whereas the former aircraft had ailerons mounted as separate surfaces on the trailing edges of the wings. Nevertheless, Levavasseur was not satisfied with this innovation and later modified the aircraft to use a wing warping system similar to that fitted to the Antoinette V.

[edit] References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 63. 
• World Aircraft Information Files. Brightstar Publishing: London. File 889 Sheet 63.
• Hubert Latham: Windkiller

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