The Abraham Iris was a two-seat touring airplane produced in
France
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in the early 1930s in two slightly different versions, the Iris I with a 75 kW (100 hp)
Hispano-Suiza
Hispano-Suiza () is a Spanish automotive–engineering company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damian Mateu as an automobile manufacturer and eventually had several factories in Spain and France that produced luxury cars, aircraft en ...
piston engine
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,
and the Iris II with a
Renault
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engine.
[ The Iris was a conventional ]parasol wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
with a neatly faired-in engine.
Specifications (Iris II)
References
External links
* {{cite magazine , title=L'avion léger Abraham "Iris I" , magazine=Les Ailes , date=29 May 1930 , volume=10 , issue=467 , page=3 , url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6553734x/f3.item , access-date=15 June 2020 , language=fr , format=pdf