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| "Military monoplane" |
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Prototype military aircraft |
| Manufacturer |
Antoinette |
| Designed by |
Leon Levavasseur |
| Number built |
1 |
The Antoinette military monoplane, sometimes known as the Antoinette-Latham or the Antoinette Monobloc was an early monoplane built in France in the hope of interesting the French military in buying aircraft. It was a substantially redesigned member of the family that began with the Antoinette IV in 1908, but featured a large number of aerodynamic refinements, meaning that all areas that were exposed beams and wires on the original Antoinettes were now fabric-covered, and the aircraft featured long spats to completely cover the landing gear struts. All of this, however, eventually made the aircraft too heavy to fly with its 37 kW (50 hp) engine. Nevertheless, it was exhibited at the 1911 Concours Militaire at Reims, where perhaps unsurprisingly, it failed to attract any orders.
[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.
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