Aleksandr Yakovlevich Dokuchayev was an

aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines ...

designer and builder in

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prior to and during

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Most aircraft built by Dokuchayev were modified

Farman Farman Aviation Works (french: Avions Farman) was a French aircraft company founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French national ...

designs, each unique. His first aircraft, completed in 1910, was an

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-powered biplane of

pusher configuration In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...

. With 50 hp, the aircraft was tested, but may never have flown. In 1912, he completed a

sesquiplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a ...

version of a Farman IV, and in 1914 he flew another modified Farman type, this time a

trainer aircraft A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristi ...

with equal span wings and producing 80 hp with its Gnome-Rhone engine. His fourth model was a return to the sesquiplane configuration, producing a trainer with three rudders operated on skis. Number 5 was a simple monoplane of his own design, but his final design was another Farman modification.

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